1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Portrait of Eva Herzánová

Eva Herzánová

* 1933

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Memory of vanished settlements

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Karol at technical auxiliary battalions (PTP)

Karol Hetteš

* 1930

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

František Heusler

* 1947 †︎ 2024

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 6 more anniversaries

Josef Hiadlovský, 1945

Nadpraporčík v.v. Josef Hiadlovský

* 1927 †︎ unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, The Partisan

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Ondrej Hiadlovský in slovak army, year 1943

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Ondrej Hiadlovský

* 1922 †︎ 2020

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Libuše Hiemerová

Libuše Hiemerová

* 1925

Political prisoner in WW2, Underage political prisoners, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France and 3 more anniversaries

Alois Hiernich in September 2012

Alois Hirnich

* 1931 †︎ unknown

Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Ladislav Hladík at the age of eighteen (1945). That same year, he received a call-up papers to start fortification work

Ladislav Hladík

* 1927

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Hidden people

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 6 more anniversaries

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Major (ret.) Sigmund Hladík

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Holocaust, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Veteran of WW2, eastern front and 1 more categories

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

Josef Hladiš in 2022

Josef Hladiš

* 1932 †︎ 2023

Catholic clerical, Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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