Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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David Hochman, Prague, 2025

David Hochman

* 1964

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Photo from legitimation - a model for a one crown for sculptor Marie Uchytilová

Frederike Hoffmann

* 1935

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Augustin Hofman

Jan Augustin Hofman

* 1955

Dissident, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jaroslav Hofrichter in 1944

Jaroslav Hofrichter

* 1920 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, western front, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Otakar Holec in 1967

Ing. Otakar Holec

* 1948

Boy Scouts

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marta Holeková during the recording session

Marta Holeková

* 1947

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Non-Catholic clerical, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 1 more anniversaries

Tomáš Holenda in August 2019

Tomáš Holenda

* 1956

Dissident, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

selfportrait from 1945

Pater Benedikt Vladimír Holota

* 1922

Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Miroslav Holub in 2019

MUDr. Miroslav Holub

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Holubová in 2021

Ludmila Holubová

* 1942

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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