1989 - The fall of the iron curtain | Memory of Nations

Ludmila Kočková, later Hronová, at the age of 17

Ludmila Hronová

* 1958

Member of an Illegal Church, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Young Bohumil Hrubý

Bohumil Hrubý

* 1928 †︎ unknown

National minorities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 1 more anniversaries

Ivan Hubáček in his graduation photo in 1968

Ing. Ivan Hubáček

* 1950

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Ivana Hubáčková in the office, 2004

Ing. Ivana Hubáčková

* 1949

Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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

Wedding photo of the witness

Marta Hudousková

* 1946

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dana Huňátová in Cairo in 2000

Dana Huňátová

* 1952

Diplomat, Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Ivan Hupka

Ivan Hupka

* 1939

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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

Mária Hupková

Mária Hupková

* 1939

Emigrant

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

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

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

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