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Jaroslava Hoťová in 2024

Jaroslava Hoťová

* 1951

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Graduation photo

Eva Houdková

* 1936

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Věra Houšková as a bride

Věra Houšková

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Sixteen-year-old Zdeněk Hovorka

Zdeněk Hovorka

* 1963

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Hovorková Mariana (1).jpg (historic)

Mariana Hovorková

* 1932 †︎ 2021

Holocaust, Boy Scouts, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Hraběta in 2021

Jan Hraběta

* 1940

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Secondary school graduation photo, 1961

PhDr. Jana Hrabětová

* 1943

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Maruška after her graduation from university

PhDr. Marie Hrabik Šámalová

* 1940

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Scientist, Politician and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vladimír Hradec 2016

Vladimír Hradec

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Portrait photo of the witness; Prague around 1980

PhDr. Vladimíra Hradecká

* 1949

A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

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