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Jaroslav Hadraba in the 1950s (ID photo)

Jaroslav Hadraba

* 1935

Forced labour during the WW2, Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Martin Hagara - after returning from prison (1952)

Martin Hagara

* 1934

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Underage political prisoners and 3 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Haidler in Editorial Office of Daily Průboj

Jaroslav Haidler

* 1933

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relatives of important personalities, Victim of forced relocation, Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions and 1 more anniversaries

Secondary school graduation photo, Česká Lípa, 1957

Růžena Haidlová

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Haisler

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Déclassé, The Partisan, Relative of a political prisoner, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Participant in antifascist resistance and 4 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, Fights with Bandera's forces and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Haisová, née Voráčková

Marie Haisová

* 1951

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eduard Hájek, 2018

Ing. Eduard Hájek

* 1942

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

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Hájek, around 1950

Josef Hájek

* 1934 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Miroslava Hájková, 1966

Miroslava Hajek

* 1947

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, A cultural celebrity

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Petr Hájek in 2024

Ing. Petr Hájek

* 1960

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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