Witnesses starting with letter Z

Walter Zimmermann in 1945

Walter Zimmermann

* 1923 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, The topic of security forces before 1989

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Werner Zimmermann

Werner Zimmermann

* 1935

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Germany

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Sixteen-year-old Ilona Zimová, 1965

Ilona Zimová

* 1949

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

The Hercl family in the early 1950s, Miloslava is standing in the middle

Miloslava Zímová

* 1933 †︎ 2025

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jakub Zindulka as Kalimach in the production of Celestina at the J. K. Tyl Theatre, 1996

Master of Fine Arts Jakub Zindulka

* 1966

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1979 - 1989 - Sovětská invaze do Afghánistánu, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Stanislav Zindulka, Hradec Králové

Stanislav Zindulka

* 1932 †︎ 2019

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Bogusław Ziobrowski

Bogusław Ziobrowski

* 1957

Poland, Anti-communist protests in Czechoslovakia in Milevsko and Sedlčansko

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 28.8. 1980 Holy Mass for strikers in the bus depot in Wrocław

Yuriy Zirchenko after arrival, in his grandmother's garden

Yuriy Zirchenko Юрій Зірченко

* 1950

Ukraine, Victim of Stalinist persecution in Ukraine, Underage political prisoners, Ukrainians in the GULAG, 1944 - 1990

Arrests in Western Ukraine 1949-1950, Ukraine in 1986–1991

Contemporary photo

Lieutenant Colonel Eduard Zirnzák

* 1928 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Emigrant, National minorities, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Pavel Zítek in 2024

Pavel Zítek

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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