17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

Zdenka Žmudová at the age of 14-15

Zdenka Žmudová

* 1947

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, 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 - Withdrawal 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, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Václav Žufan during the period of underground in Klatovy in 1980

Václav Žufan

* 1960

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The underground

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Zdenek Zukal / Olomouc / 2018

Zdenek Zukal

* 1954

Journalist, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Picture from 1987, railway station in Trutnov (on the way to a festival)

Kateřina Zukalová

* 1967

Relatives of important personalities, Charter 77 signatory

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jorge Zúñiga Pavlov during the filming

Jorge Zúñiga Pavlov

* 1965

Dissident, Emigrant, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Žváčková in 1965

Marie Žváčková

* 1945

Relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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