17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Vlastimil Hort as a little boy - already with a chessboard

Vlastimil Hort

* 1944 †︎ 2025

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mlady Jozef Horvath

Jozef Horváth

* 1949

A cultural celebrity, The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Agnesa Horvathova

Agnesa Horváthová

* 1949

Emigrant, Gypsies / Roma, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Writer

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

Marián Hošek in 1969

MUDr. Marián Hošek

* 1950

Politician, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Martina Hošková

Martina Hošková

* 1956

Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Eva Hoskovcová, amateur theatre group Na nádraží, play "Mrs. Fashion Reigns for Ages", circa 1954-55

Eva Hoskovcová

* 1933 †︎ 2026

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden and 7 more anniversaries

Petr Hošťálek at the railway army, 1984

First Lieutenant (ret.) Mgr. Petr Hošťálek

* 1958

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Summer part-time job in 1964, guide in Loreta, Prague

Ing., Arch. Anna Hostičková

* 1942

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Photographs from Rudolf Houfek's file - Security Services Archive

Rudolf Houfek

* 1963

Charter 77 signatory, The underground

Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Houfek, studio photo, Ústí nad Labem, 2023

Mgr. Václav Houfek

* 1963

Déclassé, Politician, Life along the Iron Curtain, Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky

1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 3 more anniversaries

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