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Dieter Groffig - foto z vazby 1953

Dieter Groffig

* 1933

Germany, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Political prisoner in the GDR and 3 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall

Alena Groulíková in 1968

Alena Groulíková

* 1937

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in WW2, Relatives of important personalities and 5 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Habart at the seminary, Litoměřice, 1975

Václav Habart

* 1940 †︎ 2025

Clergymen, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall

Štefan Habovský as a soldier of criminal military service (1952)

Štefan Habovský

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Ondřej Halama

Ondřej Halama

* 1956

Non-Catholic clerical, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Halík working in 1978

Tomáš Halík

* 1948

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Member of an Illegal Church, Anti-communist rebel and 4 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

Ludmila while studying in Beatenberg

Ludmila Hallerová

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Israel/Palestine, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

The witness with her brother in childhood, 1942

Jarmila Hálová

* 1932

Svědci Jehovovi, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Angelika Hanauerová

Master of Fine Arts Angelika Hanauerová

* 1943 †︎ 2019

Member of an Illegal Church, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Hanuš jako mladý farář v taláru.jpg (historic)

Mgr. Jindřich Hanuš

* 1928

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

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

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