21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops | Memory of Nations

Eduard Hájek, 2018

Ing. Eduard Hájek

* 1942

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

miloš Hájek.JPG (historic)

Miloš Hájek

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Dissident, Communist official, Participant in antifascist resistance, Charter 77 signatory, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Miroslava Hájková, 1966

Miroslava Hajek

* 1947

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, A cultural celebrity

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Petr Hájek in 2024

Ing. Petr Hájek

* 1960

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Hájek, Uherské Hradiště, 1960

Private First Class (ret.) Zdeněk Hájek

* 1938

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Antonie Hájková

* 1935

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Hájková

Ludmila Hájková

* 1929

Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marta Hájková, 1930s

Marta Hájková

* 1926

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Hajner in 1958

Jiří Hajner

* 1949

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , Palach Week

Ivan Hajniš in the 60s

Ivan Hajniš

* 1947

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Anti-communist rebel

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

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