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

Ivo Havlovič in the 40s

Ivo Havlovič

* 1930

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

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jozef Havran - military service

M.Eng. Jozef Havran

* 1936 †︎ 2021

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Havránek at a hiking trip, 1970

Josef Havránek

* 1937

Official in JZD, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 6 more anniversaries

Roman Havranek, 1981

Roman Havránek

* 1934 †︎ 2025

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Victim of forced relocation, Boy Scouts

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Denisa played the violin since early childhood

Denisa Havrľová

* 1971

National minorities, Journalist, Gypsies / Roma

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Michal Hecht at a solo performance at the Luks Theatre in Pilsen, 1980s

Michal Hecht

* 1961

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

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

Witness in Bohemia on her first bike wearing a blouse from Germany, 1959 or 1960

Sonja Hefele

* 1949

Germany, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A portrait pf Miroslav Hegenbart in 1955

JUDr. Miroslav Hegenbart

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sudeten Germans, University professor

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Věra Heidlerová, not dated

Věra Heidlerová

* 1936

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Witness during shooting as a member of the Association for Cooperation with the Army (Svazarm), Varnsdorf, 1950

Ervín Heinl

* 1932

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Industrial settler in border region in 60', Life along the Iron Curtain

2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden and 7 more anniversaries

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