Witnesses starting with letter H

Josef Holcman

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Hana Ryšková (Holcnerová)

Ing. Hana Holcnerová

* 1960

Dissident, National minorities, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 5 more anniversaries

Tribute to Jiří - Amateur, 5th division of water scouts, Prague, at home, last time in wolf costume, Prague, 1934.

Ing. Jiří Hold

* 1923 †︎ 2013

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

Josef Holec, 1945

Colonel (ret.) Josef Holec

* 1918 †︎ 2018

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), National minorities and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Otakar Holec in 1967

Ing. Otakar Holec

* 1948

Boy Scouts

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Svatopluk Holec

Svatopluk Holec

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Communist official, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Scientist, Déclassé

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 9 more anniversaries

Jiří Holeček in 1958 as a 14-year-old goalkeeper in Slavia Prague

Jiří Holeček

* 1944

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Michal Holeček, 1975

Michal Holeček

* 1956

Anti-communist rebel, 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

Miroslav Holeček in April 2025

Ing. Miroslav Holeček

* 1940

Repatriated, Volhynian Czechs

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Pavel Holeček in 1946

JUDr. Pavel Holeček

* 1925

Forced labour during the WW2, Relatives of important personalities, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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