Witnesses starting with letter H

Vladimír Hradec 2016

Vladimír Hradec

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

In Sokol costume at the Sokol meeting, 1940s

Milena Hradecká

* 1937

Czech minority in the former USSR, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, Ukrainian Insurgent Army (1942 – 1954), 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Portrait photo of the witness; Prague around 1980

PhDr. Vladimíra Hradecká

* 1949

A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Ilja Hradecký on the Charles´Bridge in the 1960s

Ilja Hradecký

* 1945

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jan Hradecký, 1970s

Jan Hradecký

* 1947

Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Hradecký at elementary school, 1950s

Jiří Hradecký

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Zdenka Hradečná in her youth

Doc. MUDr. Zdenka Hradečná

* 1927 †︎ 2024

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

memorialist at the beginning of the term of office of the mayor

František Hradil

* 1932 †︎ 2021

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Ludvík Hradílek in 2017

Ludvík Hradílek

* 1960

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, The underground, Relatives of important personalities, Journalist and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Tomáš Hradílek in the 1980s

Tomáš Hradílek

* 1945

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Diplomat

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

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