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

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

Vladimír Herman

* 1955

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Bozena Hladova

Božena Hlaďová

* 1927

Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Hana Hlaváčková, the early 1980s

PhDr. Hana Hlaváčková

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Pavel Hlavatý portrait

Pavel Hlavatý

* 1943

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Jana Hlavsová (Němcová)

Jana Hlavsová

* 1957

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Ludmila Hochmanová in early childhood

Ludmila Hochmanová

* 1932

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Františka Hocková

Františka Hocková

* 1945

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2

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 , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Svatopluk Holec

Svatopluk Holec

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Communist official, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Scientist, Déclassé

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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 and 9 more anniversaries

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