Witnesses starting with letter H

Daňa Horáková during her studies at Union Theological Seminary

Daňa Horáková

* 1947

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Writer, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

current portrait

Margita Horáková

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

Photo from company ID card (circa 1970s)

Marie Horáková

* 1935

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

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Horáková

Marie Horáková

* 1932

Relative of a political prisoner, Radio Free Europe, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Růžena Horáková survived the bombing of Vienna

Růžena Horáková

* 1924

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Věra Horáková (née Hadrabová)

Věra Horáková

* 1930

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Lydia Horálková

Colonel (ret.) Lydie Horálková

* 1927 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, National minorities, The Partisan

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Miloš Horanský

Miloš Horanský

* 1932 †︎ 2023

A cultural celebrity, Writer

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

Mykola Horbal, 1970

Mykola Horbal Микола Горбаль

* 1940

Human Rights Defender in Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukrainian Dissent, The Deportation of peoples in the Soviet Union

Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 1940 - 1941 - Deportations of Poles to USSR

Libor Hörbe, 2024

Ing. Libor Hörbe

* 1964

Writer, 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

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