Witnesses starting with letter H

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Valerie Hiadlovská

* 1933

Emigrant, National minorities, Hungary

25 December 1944 - 13 February 1945 Siege of Budapest, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

Josef Hiadlovský, 1945

Nadpraporčík v.v. Josef Hiadlovský

* 1927 †︎ unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, The Partisan

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Ondrej Hiadlovský in slovak army, year 1943

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Ondrej Hiadlovský

* 1922 †︎ 2020

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Hieke during one of the Czech Tourist Club events, 1985

Václav Hieke

* 1951

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Libuše Hiemerová

Libuše Hiemerová

* 1925

Political prisoner in WW2, Underage political prisoners, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France and 3 more anniversaries

Sandra Hildebrandt (Heinz)

Sandra Hildebrandt (Heinz)

* 1983

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, GDR - outgoing passengers, Germany

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Witness Dora Hiller Mańczak

Dora Hiller-Mańczak

* 1947

With her husband Vilém Hillmann, wedding photo, 1958

Renata Hillmannová

* 1933

Poland, Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland), National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Victim of forced relocation and 3 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 1945 - 1946 Resettlement of Poles in the "Regained lands" , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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

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