Witnesses starting with letter H

Halyna Ustymivna Hordienko in 1953

Halyna Ustymivna Hordienko

* 1929

Ukraine, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people, Farmer

1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, Ukraine in 1986–1991

Petr Hořejš

Petr Hořejš

* 1938 †︎ 2023

Journalist, Déclassé, Writer, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Hořejší

* 1914 †︎ 1995

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Veteran of WW2, western front

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Přemysl Hořejší at the army in the 1950s

Přemysl Hořejší

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jindřich Hořenín

Jindřich Hořenín

* 1933

Volhynian Czechs, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Repatriated and 1 more categories

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950

Renata Horešovská around 1951

Renata Horešovská

* 1935

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Josef Horešovský (on the right) after winning the Championship in 1972 in Prague. Ivan Hlinka in the middle, Jiří Kochta on the left

Mgr. Josef Horešovský

* 1946

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

With grandfather Tůma on January 10, 1943

Pavel Horešovský

* 1942

The Children of Lidice

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice

Magdalena Horetzká in 1941

Magdalena Horetzká

* 1922 †︎ 2017

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

František Horký aged 26

František Horký

* 1955

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Anti-communist rebel

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

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