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

Bohumil Hlaváček

Bohumil Hlaváček

* 1934 †︎ 2020

Journalist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Boris Hlaváček in the 1980s

Mgr. Boris Hlaváček

* 1954

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts and 4 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Period portrait of Ludvík Hlaváček, 1990s

Ludvík Hlaváček

* 1940

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 3 more categories

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

Hana Hlaváčková, the early 1980s

PhDr. Hana Hlaváčková

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Júlia Hlavatá, historic photo

Júlia Hlavatá

* 1938 †︎ 2025

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

1988 Josef Hlavaty with his son David in Austria

Josef Hlavatý

* 1964

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Šimon Hlavatý, the 80s

Karel Šimon Hlavatý

* 1958

Dissident, Déclassé, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 2 more anniversaries

Ladislav Hlavaty as groom, Prague, 1976

Professor, Ing. Ladislav Hlavatý

* 1949

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Photo of Otakar Hlavín

Otakar Hlavín

* 1949

Politician, 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, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Vlasta hlávková in 1984

Vlasta Hlávková

* 1943

Official in JZD, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Participant in antifascist resistance, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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