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

Vladimír Haber in the B jersey of Dukla Prague in 1968. In the photo, he is in the goal area when he falls to the ground

Vladimír Haber

* 1949

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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Otto Habermann

* 1928

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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

Rudolf Hable during ski race, 1980s

Rudolf Hable

* 1947

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Štefan Habovský as a soldier of criminal military service (1952)

Štefan Habovský

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

In youth

Jozef Habovštiak

* 1937

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jaroslav Hadraba in the 1950s (ID photo)

Jaroslav Hadraba

* 1935 †︎ 2025

Forced labour during the WW2, Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Hadrava during filming

Jan Hadrava

* 1955

Dissident, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Politician

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

Martin Hagara - after returning from prison (1952)

Martin Hagara

* 1934

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Underage political prisoners and 3 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Hahn in 2023

Vladimír Hahn

* 1946

Lawyer, Lawyer in the 50`s, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sudeten Germans and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Secondary school graduation photo, Česká Lípa, 1957

Růžena Haidlová

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

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