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Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

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retro portrait

Marta Zelenková

* 1923

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Helena Zemanová in 1944

Helena Zemanová

* 1931

Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 6 more anniversaries

Jaromír Zemina on the graduation photo

PhDr. Jaromír Zemina

* 1930

Historian, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, The Khrushchev Thaw 1953 – 1964

1974 Daniel Ženatý high school graduate

Daniel Ženatý

* 1954

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Jarmila Zichová historic photo

Jarmila Zichová

* 1939

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miloš Zídek, 1980

Miloš Zídek

* 1940

Secret police informer, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Hijacking of CSA flight OK096 to Germany (8.6.1970) and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Zikan in 2018

Vladimír Zikan

* 1929

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Bohdan Zilynskyj, Prague, 2024

Bohdan Zilynskyj

* 1954

Ukraine, Historian, National minorities, Ukrainian political emigration 1944-1950, Scientist

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Zitta

* 1960

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

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