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Olaf Hanel in front of the Czechoslovak Embassy in Canada with a protest banner supporting the release of dissidents, 1989

Olaf Hanel

* 1943 †︎ 2022

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 6 more categories

Ústí massacre (31. 7. 1945), 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Haňková with a kitten

Eva Haňková

* 1925

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Emigrant, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Josef Hanulík in 2025

Josef Hanulík

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Boy Scouts

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Bohuslav Hanuš in 1954

Bohuslav Hanuš

* 1931 †︎ 2024

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, 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, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Hanušová as a child

Marie Hanušová

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Liana Hanusová

Liana Hanusová, roz. Tučková

* 1937

Witness of local events from the Communist era

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Anna Hanzalová in 1970 - still Janouchová then

Anna Hanzalová

* 1953

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17.4.-19.11. 1958 - EXPO 58, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Hanzlík during his military service in 1963

Jan Hanzlík

* 1944

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

9 May 1945 - 11 May 1945 Battle of Milin, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Hanzlík

Petr Hanzlík

* 1945 †︎ 2020

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

UGСС in the Underground 1946-1989, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

young Ladislav Harant

Ladislav Harant

* 1965

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

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