Witnesses starting with letter H

Vladimír Hopka, photography taken in the late 1950s or early 1960s

Vladimír Hopka

* 1937 †︎ 2025

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

At the family estate in 1937

Josef Hora

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

2 – kopie.jpg (historic)

Josef Hora

* 1931 †︎ unknown

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Václav Hora with his grandmother, Nýřany, 1943

Václav Hora

* 1937

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Vladimír Hora in 2023

Vladimír Hora

* 1950

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

Ivan Horacek with a bat, 1980s

Prof. RNDr., CSc. Ivan Horáček

* 1952

Art and censorship, Scientist, University professor, Artists

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jan Horáček recording an interview for the Stories of our Neighbours project, October 25, 2022

Jan Horáček

* 1933

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Horáček

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Communist official, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jaroslav Horáček in 2021

Jaroslav Horáček

* 1934 †︎ 2024

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, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Michal Horáček

* 1952

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

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

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