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Václav Hrabý in 2022

Václav Hrabý

* 1945

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Border Guards, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Farmer, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria

The signatories of Charter 77 and friends - from the left Karel Duda - unjustly accused for sending poisoned letters to officials, and is no longer alive. Petr Hrach in the middle and Václav Luhan on the right, who was forced to leave the former Czechoslovakia to Austria in the late 1970s and early 1980s as part of the secret police ASANACE event.

Petr Hrach

* 1955 †︎ 2022

Dissident, The underground, Anti-communist rebel

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Simona, cca 1988

Simona Hradílková

* 1969

Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jaroslav Hrásský - 1945

Captain (ret.) Jaroslav Hrásský

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Irena Hrbáčková, 1946

Irena Hrbáčková

* 1930 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jarmila Hrbkova

Jarmila Hrbková, rozená Chomoutová

* 1927

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Lieutenant Václav Hrdlička

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Agent of the western secret services (cold war) and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Václav Hrdlička

* 1930 †︎ 2016

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Pavol Hric during EYD recording

Ing. Pavol Hric

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer and 1 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, Akce P - likvidácia gréckokatolíckej cirkvi v Československu, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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 3 more anniversaries

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