Anti-communist rebel | Memory of Nations

Lieutenant Václav Hrdlička

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Agent of the western secret services (cold war) and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Pavol Hric during EYD recording

Ing. Pavol Hric

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer and 1 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, Akce P - likvidácia gréckokatolíckej cirkvi v Československu, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Karel Hrubý 2

PhDr. Karel Hrubý

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 10 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 8 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Hrubý during a hop-picking voluntary work in 1967

Zdeněk Hrubý

* 1951

Politician, Anti-communist rebel, Radio Free Europe, Charter 77 signatory, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Luboš Hruška - A levels, January 1946

Luboš Hruška

* 1927 †︎ 2007

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Hubačka-photo from prison

Pavel Hubačka

* 1925 †︎ 2016

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth

Vladimír Hučín in youth

Vladimír Hučín

* 1952

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

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

Mikuláš Hulín in Bukovina in 1944

Mikuláš Hulín

* 1922 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in WW2 and 6 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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 and 5 more anniversaries

Katarína Hulmanová during the EYD recording

Katarína Hulmanová

* 1958

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Non-Catholic clerical, Anti-communist rebel and 2 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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 and 7 more anniversaries

Jiri Hylmar in 1954

Jiří Hylmar

* 1934

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

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