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

Jaroslav Hrňa in front of his forest keeper's lodge in Ploužnice 1964

Jaroslav Hrňa

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Růžena Hrňová on her wedding day. 1960

Růžena Hrňová

* 1942

Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Maria Hrochová, 1952

Maria Hrochová

* 1939

Member of Orel, Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Hromada in the 1970s

František Hromada

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Kamil Hromádka, 1991

Kamil Hromádka

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Artists

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Hromádková (Eliášová) - 1961

Marie Hromádková

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

František Hron, as a child at the age of 3

František Hron

* 1953

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

Hanuš Hron during recording

Ing. Hanuš Hron

* 1925 †︎ 2023

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 1 more anniversaries

RNDr. Michal Hron

* 1949

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 2 more anniversaries

Daniela Hroncová Faklová - photo from the recording (2023)

Daniela Elena Hroncová-Faklová

* 1950

Representative of the Church, Holocaust, Non-Catholic clerical, The Partisan, Political prisoner in WW2 and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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