8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII | Memory of Nations

Jiří Holeček in 1958 as a 14-year-old goalkeeper in Slavia Prague

Jiří Holeček

* 1944

The Sportsmen, 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

Pavel Holeček in 1946

JUDr. Pavel Holeček

* 1925

Forced labour during the WW2, Relatives of important personalities, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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Vlasta Holečková

* 1918 †︎ 2015

Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Holenda in his youth

Doc. RNDr., Csc. Jiří Holenda

* 1933 †︎ 2023

University professor, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 3 more anniversaries

Monika Holfeld during the filming in 2025

Ing. Monika Holfeld

* 1948

Germany, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Vincent Hollý - historical photo

Vincent Hollý

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in the Slovak national uprising, Hidden people

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Antonín Holub with his wife in Scout uniform

Antonín Holub

* 1920

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Holub

František Holub

* 1933 †︎ 1933

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Graduation photograph of Miroslava Holubová (born Kišová)

Miroslava Holubová

* 1948

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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

Olga Holubova

Olga Holubová

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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