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

Oldřich Holý in 2025

Oldřich Holý

* 1939

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohumil Homola in Svachov, 1945

Bohumil Homola

* 1929 †︎ 2023

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ladislav Homola in his youth

PhDr. Ladislav Homola

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 3 more anniversaries

04-Henry Homolka young violin

Ing. Jindřich Homolka

* 1931

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Hon at graduation photo in 1957

Jaroslav Hon

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jana Honsová

Jana Honsová

* 1918

Political prisoner in WW2, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Radkin Honzák in 1961

MUDr. Radkin Honzák

* 1939

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Doc Honzík as a young man

docent PhDr. Jiří Honzík

* 1924 †︎ 2018

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, A cultural celebrity, Underage political prisoners, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Horáček

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Communist official, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jaroslav Horáček in 2021

Jaroslav Horáček

* 1934 †︎ 2024

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

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