17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

17. 4. 1969

Svatopluk Haugwitz in his youth

Svatopluk Haugwitz

* 1951

Nobility, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Havel while shooting

Ing. Jiří Havel

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

portrait

Blahoslav Havránek

* 1933 †︎ 2017

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Dagmar Hazdrová, August 1968

Dagmar Hazdrová

* 1933

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

maturita

Professor, PhDr. Ladislav Hejdánek

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Scientist and 3 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 3 more anniversaries

Yvetta in Scout uniform

Yvetta Hendrichová

* 1929

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

1940 - The Battle of France, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jan Hendrych

Jan Hendrych

* 1936

A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

A photograph of Werner Hentschel from the University Index

Werner Hentschel

* 1945

Environmentalist, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

During the opening of the exhibition "Mladoboleslavsko in 1945", photo from 1990

PhDr. Karel Herčík

* 1936

Historian, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 5 more anniversaries

Vladimír Herman

* 1955

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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