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

Te Do Hoang, 1969

Te Do Hoang

* 1950

National minorities, Vietnam

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

Jan Hocek, 1966

Jan Hocek

* 1959

Journalist, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

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Ondřej Hoch

* 1948 †︎ 2016

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, A secret police collaborator, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

David Hochman, Prague, 2025

David Hochman

* 1964

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jitka Hofmanová with mother Josefa and grandmother Bohumila

Jitka Hochmanová

* 1938

Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Ludmila Hochmanová in early childhood

Ludmila Hochmanová

* 1932

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Pavel Höchsmann wearing the uniform of the Auxiliary Technical Batallions.

Pavel Höchsmann

* 1927

People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Royal Air Force, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 6 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Františka Hocková

Františka Hocková

* 1945

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Home in Rumburk on a leave from the barracks, 1965

Jaroslav Hocký

* 1946

Forced labour during the WW2, Sudeten Germans, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 7 more anniversaries

Josef Hocz in 2021

Josef Hocz

* 1936

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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