Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Marta Hájková, 1930s

Marta Hájková

* 1926

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Pavla Hájková in 2021

Pavla Hájková

* 1938

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Jiřina Hajná, 1951

Jiřina Hajná

* 1929 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Volhynian Czechs

1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Růžena Hajnová (Nováková)

MUDr. Růžena Hajnová

* 1940

The topic of security forces before 1989, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities and 6 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 6 more anniversaries

Bohumil Hajný at the army in Stara Boleslav, 1948

Bohumil Hajný

* 1925

Official in JZD, Communist official, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Remigius Haken, 1950

Remigius Haken

* 1937

National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs and 1 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jarmila Halaburtová in 2019

Jarmila Halaburtová

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness Dušan Halaj in his youth

PhDr. Dušan Halaj

* 1937

Historian, Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, National minorities, Writer and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Stanislav Halama (1970s)

Stanislav Halama

* 1934

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Jarmil Halamíček as a young man

Jarmil Halamíček

* 1927

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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