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Portrait of Eva Herzánová

Eva Herzánová

* 1933

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Memory of vanished settlements

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jan Hlach – contemporary portrait photo

Jan Hlach

* 1939 †︎ 2025

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 6 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Karel Šimon Hlavatý, the 80s

Karel Šimon Hlavatý

* 1958

Dissident, Déclassé, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Hlubůček as a member of the Revolutionary Guards in 1945

Jaroslav Hlubůček

* 1929

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Déclassé, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol and 5 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Stanislav Hlučka in 1940

Stanislav Hlučka

* 1919 †︎ 2008

French Foreign Legion, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války and 12 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 9 more anniversaries

Svatopluk Holec

Svatopluk Holec

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Communist official, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Scientist, Déclassé

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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 and 9 more anniversaries

Luboš Holoubek

Luboš Holoubek

* 1928

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 1 more anniversaries

Irena Holoubková

Irena Holoubková

* 1928

Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities, Journalist, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Ladislav Homola in his youth

PhDr. Ladislav Homola

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 3 more anniversaries

Doc Honzík as a young man

docent PhDr. Jiří Honzík

* 1924 †︎ 2018

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, A cultural celebrity, Underage political prisoners, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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