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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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Hana as a young lady

Hana Hnátová

* 1924 †︎ 2022

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 2 more anniversaries

Kamila Hnátová, 1977

Kamila Hnátová

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Přemysl Hněvkovský

Přemysl Hněvkovský

* 1941

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, Relative of a political prisoner

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

Eva Hnízdová, 1978

MUDr. Eva Hnízdová

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

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

The Fialas in 1932; left Eva, brother Václav, mum Marie (née Hamerlová), father Václav

Eva Hochhäuserová, roz. Fialová

* 1928

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Likvidace starého Mostu, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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

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