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Graduation photograph, 1967

Hana Horodyská

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Eva Horová, Oustworn laboratory, r. 1973

Eva Horová

* 1943

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Stefan Horsky, historical photography

PhDr. Štefan Horský

* 1929

Journalist, Writer, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vlastimil Hort as a little boy - already with a chessboard

Vlastimil Hort

* 1944 †︎ 2025

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Gejzda Horváth

Gejza Horváth

* 1948

A cultural celebrity, National minorities, Gypsies / Roma

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

Mlady Jozef Horvath

Jozef Horváth

* 1949

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

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

Marián Hošek in 1969

MUDr. Marián Hošek

* 1950

Politician, Life along the Iron Curtain, 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

Martina Hošková

Martina Hošková

* 1956

Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Witness at the news board, Šluknov Castle 1980

Helga Hošková

* 1939

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Emilie Hošková with her husband and daughter in May 1940

Emilie Hošková roz. Rovná

* 1912 †︎ 2010

Communist official, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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