Witnesses starting with letter Z

J. Zachara during mandatory military service, 1951

Ján Zachara

* 1928 †︎ 2025

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Publication Skautský oddíl Velena Fanderlíka – svědomí českého skautingu (2009)

Jiří Zachariáš

* 1943

Dissident, People connected to the ČIN magazine (scouts), Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Boy Scouts

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Věra Salačová - Zachařová 18 old

Věra Zachařová, roz. Salačová

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Jana Zachová in the 1950s

RNDr. Jana Zachová CSc.

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mrťková Ludmila

Ludmila Zadníčková

* 1919 †︎ 2014

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Young Magda Zadorová

Magdaléna Zadorová

* 1919 †︎ 2023

Holocaust, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Marta Zadorožná, 2019

MUDr. Marta Zadorožná

* 1932

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

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Oldřich Zadražil in 1964

Oldřich Zadražil

* 1944

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Zahálka

Colonel Jaromír Zahálka

* 1928 †︎ 2012

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Relatives of important personalities

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

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, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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