Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

Michal Hudák as a retired protestant priest

Michal Hudák

* 1931

Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

Alena Hudcová in 1958

Alena Hudcová

* 1941

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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 2 more anniversaries

Tomas Hudec, 2025

Tomáš Hudec

* 1954

Witness of local events from the Communist era

Jiří Hudeček in 2022

Jiří Hudeček

* 1939 †︎ 2024

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Zuzana Hudečková as a pioneer (early 1970s)

Zuzana Hudečková

* 1962

Lawyer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Wedding photograph of Vladimír Hudousek

Vladimír Hudousek

* 1941

Environmentalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Wedding photo of the witness

Marta Hudousková

* 1946

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna in 1936

Anna Huječková

* 1928

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

Period portrait of Jiří Hůla, Kostelec nad Černými lesy, early 1980s

Jiří Hůla

* 1944 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Hůla in 2019

Miroslav Hůla

* 1933

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

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