Witnesses starting with letter H

Lieutenant Václav Hrdlička

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Agent of the western secret services (cold war) and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

In a dance class. Štíty, 1960

Josef Hrdý

* 1944

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jozef Hrdý as a student

SDB Jozef Hrdý

* 1923

Representative of the Church, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jiří Hřebík in scouts' uniform

Jiří Hřebík

* 1965

Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Josef Hřebík, present photo

Staff Sergeant (ret.) Josef Hřebík

* 1923

Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Ivan Hrechko

Ivan Hrechko Іван Гречко

* 1929

Ukrainian Dissent, Ukraine, Important cultural personality in Ukraine, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, The relative of a political prisoner and 1 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Arrests in Western Ukraine 1949-1950, Ukraine in 1986–1991

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Ing. Zdeněk Hříbal

* 1926

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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 6 more anniversaries

Before graduation, 1948

MUDr. Věra Hřibová

* 1931

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1949 Greek civil war and 10 more anniversaries

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Martin Hritz

* 1923

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Jaroslav Hrňa in front of his forest keeper's lodge in Ploužnice 1964

Jaroslav Hrňa

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

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