1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age | Memory of Nations

Věra Holubová portrait, 1951

PhMr. Věra Holubová

* 1928

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Holy Pavel dobovy orez.jpg (historic)

Pavel Holý

* 1927 †︎ 2013

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Tomáš Honěk during the filming

Doc. MUDr. Tomáš Honěk CSc.

* 1950

Relative of a political prisoner, Scientist

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Young lady Anna Honová

Anna Honová

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

František Horák in a photo from his youth in a service uniform, most likely from the 50s of the 20th century

František Horák

* 1927

A warder in a communist prison, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Hořák, photograph from his personal prison file, probably in 1953.

Josef Hořák

* 1933

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Václav Horák after his return from the compulsory military service, 1957

Václav Horák

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Forced labour during the WW2, Boy Scouts

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Marie Horáková

Marie Horáková

* 1932

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Horký shortly after reaching the age of majority in 1957

Josef Horký

* 1939

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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Helga Hošková-Weissová

* 1929

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, A cultural celebrity, National minorities, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

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