Witnesses starting with letter Ž

Josef Žanta, 2019

Josef Žanta

* 1932

Charter 77 signatory, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 6 more anniversaries

Michael Žantovský in 2022

Michael Žantovský

* 1949

Diplomat, Holocaust, Journalist, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

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Eva Žárská, roz. Lukášová

* 1935

People helping Jews during WWII, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Jaroslav Žatečka

Jaroslav Žatečka

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Marie Žatecká as a young woman

Marie Žatecká roz. Berniová

* 1928

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Václav Žatecký as a young man

Václav Žatecký

* 1928 †︎ 2019

Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Anna Žátková / around 1948

Anna Žátková

* 1937

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Nowadays

Miroslav Žbirka

* 1936 †︎ 2023

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Mr. Jiri Zdarsky

Jiří Žďárský

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

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

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Václav Žďárský

* 1951 †︎ 2020

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, A cultural celebrity

20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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