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

Svatopluk Holec

Svatopluk Holec

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Communist official, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Scientist, Déclassé

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 9 more anniversaries

Jiří Holenda in his youth

Doc. RNDr., Csc. Jiří Holenda

* 1933 †︎ 2023

University professor, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 3 more anniversaries

Vincent Hollý - historical photo

Vincent Hollý

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in the Slovak national uprising, Hidden people

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Luboš Holoubek

Luboš Holoubek

* 1928

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 1 more anniversaries

Irena Holoubková

Irena Holoubková

* 1928

Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities, Journalist, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Jiřina Holubářová

Mgr. Jiřina Holubářová

* 1926

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, University professor

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague and 1 more anniversaries

Olga Holubova

Olga Holubová

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

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

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