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

Hoskova_pred_transportem_do_Terezina2.jpg (historic)

Helga Hošková-Weissová

* 1929

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, A cultural celebrity, National minorities, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Hoskovcová, amateur theatre group Na nádraží, play "Mrs. Fashion Reigns for Ages", circa 1954-55

Eva Hoskovcová

* 1933

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden and 7 more anniversaries

Self-portrait, 1954, 32 x 25 cm, charcoal drawing, study for an oil painting of his hand; created in his poorly lit student apartment in Karolína Světlá Street

academic painter Josef Hošna

* 1926 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Petr Hošťálek at the railway army, 1984

First Lieutenant (ret.) Mgr. Petr Hošťálek

* 1958

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, 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

Summer part-time job in 1964, guide in Loreta, Prague

Ing., Arch. Anna Hostičková

* 1942

Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslava Hoťová in 2024

Jaroslava Hoťová

* 1951

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Graduation photo

Eva Houdková

* 1936

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Václav Houf

Mgr. Václav Houf

* 1949

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Václav Houfek, studio photo, Ústí nad Labem, 2023

Mgr. Václav Houfek

* 1963

Déclassé, Politician, Life along the Iron Curtain, Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky

1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 3 more anniversaries

Věra Houšková as a bride

Věra Houšková

* 1941

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

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

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