Witnesses starting with letter H

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 †︎ 2025

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

Josef Horký shortly after reaching the age of majority in 1957

Josef Horký

* 1939

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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Reinhard Horn

* 1938

Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Mária Horňáková

Mária Horňáková

* 1920

Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

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

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