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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

Jitka Hofmanová with mother Josefa and grandmother Bohumila

Jitka Hochmanová

* 1938

Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Ludmila Hochmanová in early childhood

Ludmila Hochmanová

* 1932

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jana Hochová in her childhood, 1956

Jana Hochová

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Karel Hoder in firefighter's uniform during his time in the fire brigade in Letovice

Karel Hoder

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

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Ondřej Hoffmann

* unknown

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

Bohuslav Hofman as a 10 years old boy

Bohuslav Hofman

* 1944

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

At work, 1987

MUDr. Vilém Hofman

* 1937

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Bohumila Hofmannová in her childhood

Bohumila Hofmannová

* 1935

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

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

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