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Roman Frait as a 7 years old boy, Brno 1942

Roman Frait

* 1935

Apatrida - osoba bez státního občanství, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Emigrants from Russia and 3 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Hermann Frey, Pegnitz, 2020

Hermann Frey

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier, Germany

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Augustin Ladislav Gazda

Augustin Ladislav Gazda

* 1960 †︎ 2019

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad

Hana in 1947

Hana Gerzanicová

* 1928 †︎ 2023

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Repatriated and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

hajek_bohumir_portret_1940.JPG (historic)

Bohumír Hájek

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Red Army soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Illegal border crossing

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine

Maria Hartung, Plesná 2022

Maria Hartung

* 1936

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

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

From border guard to transferrer

Josef Hasil

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US and 13 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Karel Hauschke, Tahiti, 1997

Karel Hauschke

* 1940

Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland), Poland, Germany, Apatrida - osoba bez státního občanství, Illegal border crossing and 3 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 1945 - 1946 Resettlement of Poles in the "Regained lands" , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Charlie Heller, Morristown, New Jersey, 1959

PhDr. Charles Ota Heller

* 1936

Emigrant, Holocaust, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people, Déclassé and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Helmut Hempel - first day at school

Helmut Hempel

* 1938

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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