16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation | Memory of Nations

A portrait of that time of Stanislav Hamr, 70s

Stanislav Hamr

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Liana Hanusová

Liana Hanusová, roz. Tučková

* 1937

Witness of local events from the Communist era

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Anna Hanzalová in 1970 - still Janouchová then

Anna Hanzalová

* 1953

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17.4.-19.11. 1958 - EXPO 58, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Jarmila Harsová as a child

Jarmila Harsová

* 1947 †︎ 2021

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Nina Havlíková, 1966

MUDr. Nina Havlíková

* 1949

Life along the Iron Curtain

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

maturita

Professor, PhDr. Ladislav Hejdánek

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Scientist and 3 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Anna Hejdová with her husband, wedding photo, 1949

Anna Hejdová

* 1926

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Samuel Jan Hejzlar in 1969

Ing. Samuel Jan Hejzlar

* 1936

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Writer

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

During the opening of the exhibition "Mladoboleslavsko in 1945", photo from 1990

PhDr. Karel Herčík

* 1936

Historian, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 5 more anniversaries

Daniel Herman (1989)

Mgr. Daniel Herman

* 1963

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, Liechtenstein, Germany, Diplomat, Representative of the Church and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět and 1 more anniversaries

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