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

Oldřich Hukal in his lieutenant uniform, 1959

Ing., Colonel Oldřich Hukal

* 1937

Active in the 1956 Hungarian revolution, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Boy Scouts, Sokol

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mikuláš Hulín in Bukovina in 1944

Mikuláš Hulín

* 1922 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in WW2 and 6 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Anežka Hurbišová in 2021

Anežka Hurbišová

* 1939

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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad

Portrait former

Hedvika Hurníková

* 1926

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jiřina Hurtová in 2022

Jiřina Hurtová

* 1944

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 3 more anniversaries

Stanislav Husa – school leaving portrait, 1947

Stanislav Husa

* 1927 †︎ 2022

French Foreign Legion, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia) and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Husák before going to war in 1943

Ján Husák

* 1923 †︎ 2016

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

B. Húšťová.jpg (historic)

Božena Húšťová

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Eighteen year old Jaroslav Hutárek

Second Lieutenant Jaroslav Hutárek

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Jan Huzinec

Colonel (ret.) Jan Huzinec

* 1921 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia)

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