Witnesses starting with letter H

Witness at the eleven-year school, 1950s

Marie Horňáková

* 1941

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 7 more anniversaries

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Magda Marie Horňanová

* 1920 †︎ 2017

Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Horníček Jan - 1989

Ing. Jan Horníček

* 1963

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Miloslav Horníček, 1949/1950

Miloslav Horníček

* 1930 †︎ 2022

Theresienstadt Ghetto, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Olička in England 1940

Olga Horníčková Nováková

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, western front, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

Graduation photograph, 1967

Hana Horodyská

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Eva Horová, Oustworn laboratory, r. 1973

Eva Horová

* 1943

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

While singing

Marie Horová

* 1934

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Oto Horovič

Oto Horovič

* 1922 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, western front, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Stefan Horsky, historical photography

PhDr. Štefan Horský

* 1929

Journalist, Writer, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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