8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

8. 5. 1945

Photograph from his graduating class group photo

Ing. Rudolf Jan Holý

* 1921 †︎ 2019

Non-Catholic clerical, Boy Scouts

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Ladislav Homola in his youth

PhDr. Ladislav Homola

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 3 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Hon at graduation photo in 1957

Jaroslav Hon

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jana Honsová

Jana Honsová

* 1918

Political prisoner in WW2, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Doc Honzík as a young man

docent PhDr. Jiří Honzík

* 1924 †︎ 2018

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, A cultural celebrity, Underage political prisoners, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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

Vladimír Hopka, photography taken in the late 1950s or early 1960s

Vladimír Hopka

* 1937

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Horáček recording an interview for the Stories of our Neighbours project, October 25, 2022

Jan Horáček

* 1933

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Horáček in 2021

Jaroslav Horáček

* 1934 †︎ 2024

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

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

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

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