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

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

Milan Horáček

Milan Horáček

* 1946

Sudeten Germans, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Politician, Human Rights Defender, Environmentalist and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

František Horák in the Svijany beer brewery, early 70s of the 20th century

František Horák

* 1941 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Horák in the first half of the 1960s

Lieutenant Colonel Miroslav Horák

* 1940

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1979 - 1989 - Sovětská invaze do Afghánistánu, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dalibor Horák

* 1965

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

František Horák in a photo from his youth in a service uniform, most likely from the 50s of the 20th century

František Horák

* 1927

A warder in a communist prison, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 3 more anniversaries

Portrait of Pavel Horák in 1977

Pavel Horák

* 1954 †︎ 2024

Environmentalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Horák after his return from the compulsory military service, 1957

Václav Horák

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Forced labour during the WW2, Boy Scouts

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Marie Horáková

Marie Horáková

* 1932

Relative of a political prisoner, Radio Free Europe, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Photo from company ID card (circa 1970s)

Marie Horáková

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 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

Libor Hörbe, 2024

Ing. Libor Hörbe

* 1964

Writer, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

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