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

Václav Holub in the army

Václav Holub

* 1930 †︎ 2018

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 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

Holy Pavel dobovy orez.jpg (historic)

Pavel Holý

* 1927 †︎ 2013

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Ladislav Homola in his youth

PhDr. Ladislav Homola

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Homolová

Mgr. Marie Homolová

* 1946

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Politician, Relative of a political prisoner

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Young lady Anna Honová

Anna Honová

* 1926 †︎ 2019

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Josef Hořák, photograph from his personal prison file, probably in 1953.

Josef Hořák

* 1933

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Renata Horešovská around 1951

Renata Horešovská

* 1935

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Jiřina Hošková

Jiřina Hošková

* 1926 †︎ 2009

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sanitary worker during the World War 2

Jiří Housar in 1949

Dr. Jiří Housar

* 1921 †︎ 2015

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Forced labour during the WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts

Hovorka in 1950

Jiří Hovorka

* 1930 †︎ 2014

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 3 more anniversaries

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