Witnesses starting with letter Ž

In youth

Viliam Žofčík

* 1926

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

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Jaruška Žolčáková

* 1929

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Václav Žufan during the period of underground in Klatovy in 1980

Václav Žufan

* 1960

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Žváčková in 1965

Marie Žváčková

* 1945

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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