21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

21. 8. 1968

Blanka Zlatohlávková (in 1974)

MUDr. Blanka Zlatohlávková Ph.D.

* 1954

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Bohumil and his son are constructing an organ. 1980's

Bohumil Žloutek

* 1942

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, Farmer, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tomas Zmeskal

Tomáš Zmeškal

* 1954

Relative of a political prisoner, 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

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

Lubor Zoufal

* 1922

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

Ludmila Švédová (Zouharová) - 1959

Ludmila Zouharová

* 1946

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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

Zdeněk Zůna in 2019

Zdeněk Zůna

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Representative of the Church, Journalist, Sokol

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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