Charter 77 signatory | Memory of Nations

Ilona Horáčková in the 80s

Ilona Horáčková

* 1955

Illegal border crossing, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Hijacking of CSA flight OK096 to Germany (8.6.1970)

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

František Horký aged 26

František Horký

* 1955

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Anti-communist rebel

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

Dagmar Horváthová during EYD recording

Dagmar Horváthová

* 1935

Holocaust, Charter 77 signatory, Hidden people

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Photographs from Rudolf Houfek's file - Security Services Archive

Rudolf Houfek

* 1963

Charter 77 signatory, The underground

Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait of Jan Hrabina in the Bohnice psychiatric hospital, summer 1974

Jan Hrabina

* 1954

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Ludvík Hradílek in 2017

Ludvík Hradílek

* 1960

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, The underground, Relatives of important personalities, Journalist and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Tomáš Hradílek in the 1980s

Tomáš Hradílek

* 1945

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Diplomat

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

Simona, cca 1988

Simona Hradílková

* 1969

Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Marie Hromádková in 1944

Marie Hromádková

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Dissident, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Historian, Communist official, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945 and 5 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Statistics: 20767 Witnesses the Database; 11669 Witness Stories; 21367 Registered Researchers; 173540 Photos; 68994 Clips