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Karel Haloun in 1980

Doc. Karel Haloun

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeňka Halounová in her youth

Zdeňka Halounová

* 1929 †︎ 2025

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

The witness with her brother in childhood, 1942

Jarmila Hálová

* 1932

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Věra Halová, 1982

Věra Halová

* 1954

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Haluška

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Veronika Hamatová

* 1943

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Jan Hammer, year of graduation

Jan Hammer

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Jiří Hampl, 2016

Jiří Hampl

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice

Evženie Hajná (Hamplová) - graduation photo

Evženie Hamplová

* 1933

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine and 8 more anniversaries

František Hamr during his studies, 1950s

František Hamr

* 1937

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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