Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) | Memory of Nations

Stanislav Halama (1970s)

Stanislav Halama

* 1934

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Athlete Jan "Ali" Haluza

JUDr. Jan Haluza

* 1914 †︎ 2011

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Jasoň Hampl

Ing. Jasoň Hampl

* 1931

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Miroslav Hampl 1950

Miroslav Hampl

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Bedřich Hanauer Jr., born in1943

Bedřich Hanauer

* 1943

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 4 more anniversaries

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Jozef Hanko

* 1913 †︎ 2005

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

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Mgr. Jindřich Hanuš

* 1928

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Karel Hás

Karel Hás

* 1928 †︎ 2015

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Young soldier

Ján Haščák

* 1927

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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

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