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 Hřebec (left) and Pavel Hut'ka, finalists of the junior Galeo Cup in 1969. The International Gale Cup was then played by the best youth teams in Europe under the age of 20, Czechoslovakia lost to Spain 2:3

Jiří Hřebec

* 1950

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Jiří Hřebík in scouts' uniform

Jiří Hřebík

* 1965

Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 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

Antonín Hříbal in 2023

Antonín Hříbal

* 1967

Journalist, Border Guards

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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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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