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Ondřej Hrab through the lens of Japanese dancer and actor Min Tanaka, 1984

Ondřej Hrab

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Milan Hrabal, Liberec, 2024

Milan Hrabal

* 1954

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Portrait photo of the witness; Prague around 1980

PhDr. Vladimíra Hradecká

* 1949

A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Ilja Hradecký on the Charles´Bridge in the 1960s

Ilja Hradecký

* 1945

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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

Martin Hrbáč, a graduation photo, Strážnice Grammar School, 1957

Martin Hrbáč

* 1939

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

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

Jaroslav Hrbáč, 1960

Jaroslav Hrbáč

* 1937

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

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

František Hromada in the 1970s

František Hromada

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Petr Hromádka in front of his flat, 1989

Petr Hromádka

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

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

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

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