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

Oldřich Hukal in his lieutenant uniform, 1959

Ing., Colonel Oldřich Hukal

* 1937

Active in the 1956 Hungarian revolution, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Boy Scouts, Sokol

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Period portrait of Jiří Hůla, Kostelec nad Černými lesy, early 1980s

Jiří Hůla

* 1944 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity

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

Milan Hulík before 1989, when he was defending dissidents

JUDr. Milan Hulík

* 1946

Lawyer, 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

The witness on his mother's birthday, 21 August 1968

Rudolf Hůlka

* 1953

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week and 1 more anniversaries

Jana Hůlková in Stroužné, 1978

Jana Hůlková

* 1954

Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland), The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1946 Resettlement of Poles in the "Regained lands" , 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

Katarína Hulmanová during the EYD recording

Katarína Hulmanová

* 1958

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Non-Catholic clerical, Anti-communist rebel and 2 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 7 more anniversaries

Čestmír Huňát (2015)

Čestmír Huňát

* 1950

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

MUDr. Péter Hunčík

* 1951

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945

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

Lieutenant Božena Kýrová (married Hurajtová), after finishing her pilot training when she became the Third Class courier pilot. 1953

Lieutenant Božena Hurajtová

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Vratislav Hůrka in Kadaň, 1980

Master of Fine Arts Vratislav Hůrka

* 1947 †︎ 2024

Dissident, Journalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 5 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War, 22. 4. 1996. - 10. 6. 1999. Kosovská válka and 1 more anniversaries

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