1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

1944-1945

Růžena Hrňová on her wedding day. 1960

Růžena Hrňová

* 1942

Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

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Josef Hroch

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Marie Hromádková (Eliášová) - 1961

Marie Hromádková

* 1943

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Hanuš Hron during recording

Ing. Hanuš Hron

* 1925 †︎ 2023

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 1 more anniversaries

Daniela Hroncová Faklová - photo from the recording (2023)

Daniela Elena Hroncová-Faklová

* 1950

Representative of the Church, Holocaust, Non-Catholic clerical, The Partisan, Political prisoner in WW2 and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Arnošt Hrudník around 1945

Arnošt Hrudník

* 1926 †︎ 2014

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

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

Vlastimil Hrůša in 2022

Vlastimil Hrůša

* 1931 †︎ 2024

Boy Scouts, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

ALH

Antonín Ladislav Hruška

* 1915

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Lieutenant (ret.) Vladimír Hryzbil

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Emigrant, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 5 more categories

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 6 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Hubáček with his mother in the 1930s

Ing. Zdeněk Bohuslav Hubáček

* 1931

Environmentalist, Scientist

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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