21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

21. 8. 1968

Pavel Hejcman

Pavel Hejcman

* 1927 †︎ 2020

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

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

Anna Hejdová with her husband, wedding photo, 1949

Anna Hejdová

* 1926

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Little Eva Hejdová

Eva Hejdová

* 1953

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Journalist, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Suzette Hejdová in 2020

Suzette Hejdová

* 1946

Dissident, Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, Relatives of important personalities

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Hejmala, graduation photo, 1945

Zdeněk Hejmala

* 1924

Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Hejna

Petr Hejna

* 1955

Boy Scouts, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Jarmila Hejtmanská, 1960s

Jarmila Hejtmanská

* 1943

Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Hejtmanský in 1964

Vladimír Hejtmanský

* 1941

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Samuel Jan Hejzlar in 1969

Ing. Samuel Jan Hejzlar

* 1936

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Writer

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

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