Witnesses starting with letter Z

At the age of about 18

Marie Zajíček

* 1927

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

Pavel Zajíček - Prague, May 21, 2015

Pavel Zajíček

* 1951 †︎ 2024

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity and 4 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

Stanislav Zajíček in 2019

PhDr. Stanislav Zajíček

* 1962

The underground, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Ingeborg Zajíčková in her youth

Ingeborg Zajíčková

* 1926

Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Marie Zajíčková in mid 1950s

Marie Zajíčková

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Iva Zajíčková

Ing. Iva Zajíčková-Stafová

* 1948

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Zajícová

Marie Zajícová

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Věra Zajícová in the 1980s

PaedDr. Věra Zajícová

* 1942

Victim of forced relocation, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdena Zajoncová, September 1945

Zdena Zajoncová

* 1921

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Journalist, Sokol and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Štefan Zajos during recording his life story

Štefan Zajos

* 1941

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

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