Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Jan Hudousek

Jan Hudousek

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Hůla in 2019

Miroslav Hůla

* 1933

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Marie Hůlková, roz. Hamplová

Marie Hůlková, roz. Hamplová

* 1933 †︎ 2021

Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 2 more anniversaries

František Humler, a portrait

František Humler

* 1928

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Lieutenant Božena Kýrová (married Hurajtová), after finishing her pilot training when she became the Third Class courier pilot. 1953

Lieutenant Božena Hurajtová

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Anežka Hurbišová in 2021

Anežka Hurbišová

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad

Vratislav Hůrka in Kadaň, 1980

Master of Fine Arts Vratislav Hůrka

* 1947 †︎ 2024

Dissident, Journalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 5 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War, 22. 4. 1996. - 10. 6. 1999. Kosovská válka and 1 more anniversaries

Jiřina Hurtová in 2022

Jiřina Hurtová

* 1944

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 3 more anniversaries

Antonín Hurych

Antonín Hurych

* 1943

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. - 11. 10. 1950 - Trial against F.A.Stříteský, head of the piarist dormitory in Litomyšl, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Stanislav Husa – school leaving portrait, 1947

Stanislav Husa

* 1927 †︎ 2022

French Foreign Legion, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia) and 1 more anniversaries

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