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

Josef Havrda in 1959

Josef Havrda

* 1940

Political prisoner, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Farmer

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

Radek Henner as a young mayor - contemporary photograph

Colonel of the General Staff (Ret.), Ing. Radek Henner

* 1963

The Partisan, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jan Herka

* 1932 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts

Ludmila Hermanová - 1956

Ludmila Hermanová

* 1936

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

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Vladislav Herzán

* 1932

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Jiří Hezký

Ing. Jiří Hezký

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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

Josef Hladiš in 2022

Josef Hladiš

* 1932 †︎ 2023

Catholic clerical, Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Richard Hlavatý (2015)

Richard Hlavatý

* 1932 †︎ 2020

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vladimíra Hlinovská, 2016

Vladimíra Hlinovská

* 1928

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

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