Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

In youth

Viliam Záhora

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Dobové foto.jpg (historic)

Růžena Zahradníčková, rod. Mizerová

* 1934

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

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

Zajac Peter

Peter Zajac

* 1946

Politician, Writer, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Scientist, University professor and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Štefan Zajos during recording his life story

Štefan Zajos

* 1941

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Štefan Zamiška - a photograph from the times spent in the PTP (Technical Auxiliary Battalions) (1951)

Štefan Zamiška

* 1930

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Portrait 2

Gábor Zászlós

* 1951

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 19.8.1989 - Pan-European Picnic, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Witness Jiří Zaťovič

Jiří Zaťovič

* 1962

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ján Zavarský

Professor Ján Zavarský

* 1948 †︎ 2022

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, University professor, Artists and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Nowadays

Miroslav Žbirka

* 1936 †︎ 2023

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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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