Witnesses starting with letter Z

Antonín Zelenka

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Zelenka in 1986, by Lük Haas

Jiří Zelenka

* 1959

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Mirko Zelenka

* 1923 †︎ 2019

Forced labour during the WW2, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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Václav Zelenka

* 1938 †︎ 2021

The Children of Lidice

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

retro portrait

Marta Zelenková

* 1923

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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Lieutenant (ret.) Adolf Pravoslav Zelený

* 1914 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Josef Zelený

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, The Partisan and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Karel Zelený in 2021

RNDr., CSc. Karel Zelený

* 1950

Royal Air Force, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk "Káďa" Zelený

Zdeněk Zelený

* 1924 †︎ 2018

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Sokol

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Antonín Zelinka

Ing. Antonín Zelinka

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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