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

Jaroslav Hon at graduation photo in 1957

Jaroslav Hon

* 1939

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

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

Witness as a student of the Higher Vocational School of Glassmaking in Nový Bor, 1953

Osvald Hons

* 1938

Historian, National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sudeten Germans and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jana Honsová

Jana Honsová

* 1918

Political prisoner in WW2, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Doc Honzík as a young man

docent PhDr. Jiří Honzík

* 1924 †︎ 2018

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, A cultural celebrity, Underage political prisoners, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vladimír Hopka, photography taken in the late 1950s or early 1960s

Vladimír Hopka

* 1937 †︎ 2025

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

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

Jan Horáček recording an interview for the Stories of our Neighbours project, October 25, 2022

Jan Horáček

* 1933 †︎ 2025

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

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

Jaroslav Horáček in 2021

Jaroslav Horáček

* 1934 †︎ 2024

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, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

František Horák in the Svijany beer brewery, early 70s of the 20th century

František Horák

* 1941 †︎ 2022

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

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

František Horák in a photo from his youth in a service uniform, most likely from the 50s of the 20th century

František Horák

* 1927

A warder in a communist prison, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Horák in 1951

Josef Horák

* 1930 †︎ 2019

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

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