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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

Václav Horák after his return from the compulsory military service, 1957

Václav Horák

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Forced labour during the WW2, Boy Scouts

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Eva Horová, Oustworn laboratory, r. 1973

Eva Horová

* 1943

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

While singing

Marie Horová

* 1934

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ladislav Hošek, 28.11.2008

Ladislav Hošek

* 1924 †︎ 2011

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Jiří Housar in 1949

Dr. Jiří Housar

* 1921 †︎ 2015

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Forced labour during the WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts

Dagmar Housková in 1969.

Dagmar Housková

* 1934

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Hovorková Mariana (1).jpg (historic)

Mariana Hovorková

* 1932 †︎ 2021

Holocaust, Boy Scouts, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Hrbek

Vladimír Hrbek

* 1934

Boy Scouts

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Jiří Hřebík in scouts' uniform

Jiří Hřebík

* 1965

Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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