Witnesses starting with letter H

Martin Hilský

Professor, PhDr. Martin Hilský , CSc.

* 1943

Historian, University professor, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain, Writer

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

Irena Hirai during recording in 2025

Irena Hirai

* 1960

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Alois Hiernich in September 2012

Alois Hirnich

* 1931 †︎ unknown

Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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

Zdeněk Hirnšal in 2021

Ing. arch. Zdeněk Hirnšal

* 1968

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Libuše Hittmanová

Libuše Hittmanová

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Hlach – contemporary portrait photo

Jan Hlach

* 1939 †︎ 2025

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 6 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Sergeant Graduate Zdeněk Hlačík

Zdeněk Hlačík

* 1935

Witness of local events from the Communist era

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Josef with Alexander Dubček

Mgr. Josef Hladík

* 1951

National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ladislav Hladík at the age of eighteen (1945). That same year, he received a call-up papers to start fortification work

Ladislav Hladík

* 1927

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Hidden people

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 6 more anniversaries

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Major (ret.) Sigmund Hladík

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Holocaust, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Veteran of WW2, eastern front and 1 more categories

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

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