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Gerti Hoedt, Stráž nad Ohří, 2021

Gertrude (Gerti) Hoedt

* 1941

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Germany

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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Ondřej Hoffmann

* unknown

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

Hana Hoffmeisterová in 1928

MUDr. Hana Hoffmeisterová

* 1920 †︎ 2023

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

At work, 1987

MUDr. Vilém Hofman

* 1937

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

In a childhood photo from the late 1940s

Horst Hofmann

* 1940

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Josef Hofmann in the Wehrmacht, 1944

Private (ret.) Josef Hofmann

* 1926 †︎ 2011

National minorities, Memory of vanished settlements, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 4 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohumila Hofmannová in her childhood

Bohumila Hofmannová

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Blažena Hokrová

* 1926

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Zdeňka Holá in 2020

Zdeňka Holá

* 1931

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

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zuzana Holá, 1950s

Zuzana Holá

* 1936

Memories about Fidel Castro, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

Cuba after 1959, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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