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Jiří Hezký

Ing. Jiří Hezký

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Vladimíra Hlinovská, 2016

Vladimíra Hlinovská

* 1928

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Josef Holec, 1945

Colonel (ret.) Josef Holec

* 1918 †︎ 2018

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), National minorities and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Michal Holeček, 1975

Michal Holeček

* 1956

Anti-communist rebel, 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

Holy Pavel dobovy orez.jpg (historic)

Pavel Holý

* 1927 †︎ 2013

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Vít-Bohumil Homolka in a photo from the preserved StB volumes

Vít-Bohumil Homolka

* 1956

Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground, Anti-communist rebel

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Kamil Honisch

Kamil Honisch

* 1964

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, The underground, Dissident, Anti-communist rebel

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Horáček

Milan Horáček

* 1946

Sudeten Germans, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Politician, Human Rights Defender, Environmentalist and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

Josef Hořák, photograph from his personal prison file, probably in 1953.

Josef Hořák

* 1933

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Daňa Horáková during her studies at Union Theological Seminary

Daňa Horáková

* 1947

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Writer, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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