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Václav Hora with his grandmother, Nýřany, 1943

Václav Hora

* 1937

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

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

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

Oto Horovič

Oto Horovič

* 1922 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, western front, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Agnesa Horvathova

Agnesa Horváthová

* 1949

Emigrant, Gypsies / Roma, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Writer

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

Portrait photograph of Libuše Hoznauerová, 1982 Prague

Libuše Hoznauerová

* 1934 †︎ 2016

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Sudeten Germans, A cultural celebrity

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Maruška after her graduation from university

PhDr. Marie Hrabik Šámalová

* 1940

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Scientist, Politician and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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

Antonín Hruška in seventies

Antonín Hruška

* 1946 †︎ 2010

French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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Antonín Ladislav Hruška

* 1915

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Lieutenant (ret.) Vladimír Hryzbil

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Emigrant, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 5 more categories

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 6 more anniversaries

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