1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

1944-1945

Photo of Zdeněk Zerzáň

Zdeněk Zerzáň

* 1937 †︎ 2023

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 2 more anniversaries

Bohumír Zháňal / Zlín / 2018

Mgr. Bohumír Zháňal

* 1931 †︎ 2020

The Sportsmen

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Dana Zháňalová in 2019

Dana Zháňalová

* 1937

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Bohumil Zhof as a student

Bohumil Zhof

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel and 6 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Josef Zíka in 1950s as a member of the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Josef Zíka

* 1931

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Werner Zimmermann

Werner Zimmermann

* 1935

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

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

At young age

Radomír Žingor

* 1936

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Contemporary photo

Lieutenant Colonel Eduard Zirnzák

* 1928 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Emigrant, National minorities, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Václav Žitný

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Václav Žitný

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 3 more categories

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland and 3 more anniversaries

Želmíra Živná, portrait, 1967

Mgr. Želmíra Živná

* 1937

United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

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