A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

From border guard to transferrer

Josef Hasil

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US and 13 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Petr Hauptmann, 2016

Petr Hauptmann

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Havelka

Ing. Jaroslav Havelka

* 1937

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Emigrant

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Karel Havelka, around 1960

Karel Havelka

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 3 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 3 more anniversaries

Pavel Havlíček 2019

Pavel Havlíček

* 1961

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Jaroslav Havlík in 2020

Jaroslav Havlík

* 1952

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Witness in Bohemia on her first bike wearing a blouse from Germany, 1959 or 1960

Sonja Hefele

* 1949

Germany, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Little Eva Hejdová

Eva Hejdová

* 1953

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Charlie Heller, Morristown, New Jersey, 1959

PhDr. Charles Ota Heller

* 1936

Emigrant, Holocaust, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people, Déclassé and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Václav Helšus during the ballroom dancing training, 1960s

Václav Helšus

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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