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Hana Ryšková (Holcnerová)

Ing. Hana Holcnerová

* 1960

Dissident, National minorities, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 5 more anniversaries

A longhair in Sokolov, 1975

Zdeněk Holeček

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Writer, The underground

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

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Vlasta Holečková

* 1918 †︎ 2015

Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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

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

Ludmila Holubová in 2021

Ludmila Holubová

* 1942

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Marie Homolová

Mgr. Marie Homolová

* 1946

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Politician, Relative of a political prisoner

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Lenka Honnerová in 1974

Lenka Honnerová

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov

Václav Hora with his grandmother, Nýřany, 1943

Václav Hora

* 1937

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 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

Milan Horáček

Milan Horáček

* 1946

Sudeten Germans, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Politician, Human Rights Defender, Environmentalist and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

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