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Anna Žátková / around 1948

Anna Žátková

* 1937

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Mária Zaťková as a young girl

Mária Zaťková

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Holocaust, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 5 more anniversaries

Rozálie Zavadilová around 1949

Rozálie Zavadilová

* 1933

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ludmila Záveská, a portrait

Ing. Ludmila Záveská

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Relatives of important personalities, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jarmila Zaviačičová, Pedagogical School Kroměříž, high school graduation, 1956

Jarmila Zaviačičová

* 1937

People helping Jews during WWII, 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, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

Anežka Závodská at the age of 15 during the Ride of the Kings, in costume, 1948

Anežka Závodská

* 1933

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Anna Závorková's father Jan Bártek, Kladnatá, 60s

Anna Závorková

* 1937

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, 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

Zdeňka Zavřelová, around 1935

Zdeňka Zavřelová

* 1922 †︎ 2022

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Zawadský / 1961

Josef Zawadský

* 1941

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Nowadays

Miroslav Žbirka

* 1936 †︎ 2023

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

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