Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Self-portrait, 1954, 32 x 25 cm, charcoal drawing, study for an oil painting of his hand; created in his poorly lit student apartment in Karolína Světlá Street

academic painter Josef Hošna

* 1926 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Summer part-time job in 1964, guide in Loreta, Prague

Ing., Arch. Anna Hostičková

* 1942

Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Graduation photo

Eva Houdková

* 1936

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Ivo Houf in the 1930s

Ivo Houf

* 1933

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Mr. Houska - Portrait - 50 years

Lubomír Houska

* 1933 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Dagmar Housková in 1969.

Dagmar Housková

* 1934

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Alois Hovadík as a child

Doc., Dr., CSc. Alois Hovadík

* 1921 †︎ 2017

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Miroslav Hrabák during the recording in the Paměť národa studio. 9. 7. 2019, Most.

Miroslav Hrabák

* 1921 †︎ 2020

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Emilie Hrabáková in 1957

Emilie Hrabáková

* 1940

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

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

Jan Hraběta in 2021

Jan Hraběta

* 1940

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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