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

Máří Magdalena Hajšmanová in her graduation photo, 1971

Máří Magdalena Hajšmanová

* 1952

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

Jiří Hála aged about nine, in Brno after the war

Prof. RNDr. Jiří Hála

* 1937

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jarmila Halaburtová in 2019

Jarmila Halaburtová

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Ondřej Halama

Ondřej Halama

* 1956

Non-Catholic clerical, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Stanislav Halama (1970s)

Stanislav Halama

* 1934

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Secondary school graduation photo of Dagmar Halasová from 1955

Dagmar Halasová

* 1938 †︎ 2024

Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Halík working in 1978

Tomáš Halík

* 1948

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Member of an Illegal Church, Anti-communist rebel and 4 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

Karel Haloun in 1980

Doc. Karel Haloun

* 1951

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeňka Halounová in her youth

Zdeňka Halounová

* 1929 †︎ 2025

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

Věra Halová, 1982

Věra Halová

* 1954

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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