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1988 Josef Hlavaty with his son David in Austria

Josef Hlavatý

* 1964

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Šimon Hlavatý, the 80s

Karel Šimon Hlavatý

* 1958

Dissident, Déclassé, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 2 more anniversaries

Ladislav Hlavaty as groom, Prague, 1976

Professor, Ing. Ladislav Hlavatý

* 1949

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Hlavatý portrait

Pavel Hlavatý

* 1943

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Photo of Otakar Hlavín

Otakar Hlavín

* 1949

Politician, 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, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jiří Hlávka in his youth

Jiří Hlávka

* 1944 †︎ 2024

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

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

Jaroslava Hlavsová during the recording

Jaroslava Hlavsová

* 1934 †︎ 2023

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Hlídková

* 1937

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Graduation photo of Libuše Hlinovská, 1948

Libuše Hlinovská

* 1929

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

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 and 2 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Hlobil, 1957

MUDr. Zdeněk Hlobil

* 1933

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

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