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Olaf Hanel in front of the Czechoslovak Embassy in Canada with a protest banner supporting the release of dissidents, 1989

Olaf Hanel

* 1943 †︎ 2022

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 6 more categories

Ústí massacre (31. 7. 1945), 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Anna Hanzalová in 1970 - still Janouchová then

Anna Hanzalová

* 1953

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17.4.-19.11. 1958 - EXPO 58, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Hanzel (2015)

Vladimír Hanzel

* 1951

National minorities, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jiří Havel while shooting

Ing. Jiří Havel

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Karel Havelka, around 1960

Karel Havelka

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 3 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 3 more anniversaries

Pavel Havlíček 2019

Pavel Havlíček

* 1961

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Jaroslav Havlík in 2020

Jaroslav Havlík

* 1952

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jitka Havlová in 2019

Jitka Havlová

* 1933

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Portrait

Milota Havránková

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor, Artists, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Michal Hecht at a solo performance at the Luks Theatre in Pilsen, 1980s

Michal Hecht

* 1961

Art and censorship, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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