Witnesses starting with letter Z

At a lecture in the Blatsko Museum

Helena Zvánovcová

* 1924

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

At the military academy.

Professor MUDr., DrSc. Eduard Zvěřina

* 1937

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Graduation photo

Stanislava Zvěřinová

* 1924 †︎ 2017

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ivan Zwach - 1979

Ivan Zwach

* 1952

Participant in antifascist resistance, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Ferdinand Zwerenz in Mariánské Lázně in 2025

Ferdinand Zwerenz

* 1939

Germany, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

Erwin Zwerschina, 2018

Erwin Zwerschina

* 1932

Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Rudolf Zwiener in 2024

Rudolf Zwiener

* 1937

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

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

Witness Ryszard Zwiewka during eyd recording in 2023

Ryszard Zwiewka

* 1950

Poland, National minorities

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava

Pavel Zýka in 2018

Pavel Zýka

* 1961

Marie Zykmundová

Marie Zykmundová

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

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

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