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

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 †︎ 2026

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

Alena Heinrichová in 2020

Alena Heinrichová

* 1943

Farmer

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

Jana Heinzlová in the graduation photo in 1971

Jana Heinzlová

* 1951

Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Pavel Hejcman

Pavel Hejcman

* 1927 †︎ 2017

Journalist, Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna Hejdová with her husband, wedding photo, 1949

Anna Hejdová

* 1926

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Little Eva Hejdová

Eva Hejdová

* 1953

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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