Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

Graduation photograph, 1967

Hana Horodyská

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Eva Horová, Oustworn laboratory, r. 1973

Eva Horová

* 1943

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Vlastimil Hort as a little boy - already with a chessboard

Vlastimil Hort

* 1944 †︎ 2025

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mlady Jozef Horvath

Jozef Horváth

* 1949

A cultural celebrity, The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

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

Jessica Horváthová, 2023

Mgr. Jessica Horváthová

* 1946

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Agnesa Horvathova

Agnesa Horváthová

* 1949

Emigrant, Gypsies / Roma, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Writer

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marián Hošek in 1969

MUDr. Marián Hošek

* 1950

Politician, Life along the Iron Curtain, 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

Witness at the news board, Šluknov Castle 1980

Helga Hošková

* 1939

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Eva Hoskovcová, amateur theatre group Na nádraží, play "Mrs. Fashion Reigns for Ages", circa 1954-55

Eva Hoskovcová

* 1933

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden and 7 more anniversaries

Petr Hošťálek at the railway army, 1984

First Lieutenant (ret.) Mgr. Petr Hošťálek

* 1958

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, 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

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