Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Blanka Zmeková as a single woman

Blanka Zmeková

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

In youth

Viliam Žofčík

* 1926

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Ladislav Zošák - photo from criminal military service (1951)

Ladislav Zošák

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Victim of forced relocation, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 2 more anniversaries

Olbram Zoubek

Olbram Zoubek

* 1926 †︎ 2017

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Karel Zub's photograph from a member card of the Czechoslovak Sports' Union

Karel Zub

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Zubíková - dobová.jpg (historic)

Marie Zubíková, roz. Lukšová

* 1921

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Božena Zůbková

* 1935

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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

Borys Bilynskyy during the interview, 2023

Professor Борис Білинський Borys Bilynskyy

* 1933

Civic activism in Ukraine, Ukraine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1939 - 1941 - The first Soviet occupation of Galicia, The Orange Revolution of 2004, The Revival of Ukrainian national culture 1989 - 1991 and 2 more anniversaries

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