Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

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

Jan Husák before going to war in 1943

Ján Husák

* 1923 †︎ 2016

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Václav when he was 18 years old

Václav Hušák

* 1944

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ladislav Husárek

Ing. Ladislav Husárek

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Richard Husch military service

Richard Husch

* 1930

Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Albert Huschka completed military service in Terezín

Albín Huschka

* 1938

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from 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

Alenka Huslarová

MUDr. Alenka Huslarová

* 1929 †︎ 2024

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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

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