March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin | Memory of Nations

Secondary school graduation photo, 1961

Mgr. Alexandr Gregar

* 1943

A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 3 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Haidler in Editorial Office of Daily Průboj

Jaroslav Haidler

* 1933

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relatives of important personalities, Victim of forced relocation, Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions and 1 more anniversaries

A portrait pf Miroslav Hegenbart in 1955

JUDr. Miroslav Hegenbart

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sudeten Germans, University professor

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

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Josef Hora

* 1931 †︎ unknown

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Halyna Ustymivna Hordienko in 1953

Halyna Ustymivna Hordienko

* 1929

Ukraine, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people, Farmer

1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, Ukraine in 1986–1991

Witness at the eleven-year school, 1950s

Marie Horňáková

* 1941

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 7 more anniversaries

Self-portrait, 1954, 32 x 25 cm, charcoal drawing, study for an oil painting of his hand; created in his poorly lit student apartment in Karolína Světlá Street

academic painter Josef Hošna

* 1926 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

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

Alena Hudcová in 1958

Alena Hudcová

* 1941

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 2 more anniversaries

Accordionist Ludvík Jersák shortly after the war

Ludvík Jersák

* 1936

Czech minority in the former USSR, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

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