Life along the Iron Curtain

Marián Hošek in 1969

MUDr. Marián Hošek

* 1950

Politician, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Václav Houfek, studio photo, Ústí nad Labem, 2023

Mgr. Václav Houfek

* 1963

Déclassé, Politician, Life along the Iron Curtain, Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky

1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 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 3 more anniversaries

Sixteen-year-old Zdeněk Hovorka

Zdeněk Hovorka

* 1963

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Václav Hrabý in 2022

Václav Hrabý

* 1945

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Border Guards, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Farmer, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria

Jan Hrad as a sergeant in 1967

Jan Hrad

* 1937

Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Jan Hrad

Jan Hrad

* 1961

Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain, Writer

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, 1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 28.10.194 - 23.4.1941 Greek- Italian war and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Hradecký, 1970s

Jan Hradecký

* 1947

Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Hřebec (left) and Pavel Hut'ka, finalists of the junior Galeo Cup in 1969. The International Gale Cup was then played by the best youth teams in Europe under the age of 20, Czechoslovakia lost to Spain 2:3

Jiří Hřebec

* 1950

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Jaroslav Hrňa in front of his forest keeper's lodge in Ploužnice 1964

Jaroslav Hrňa

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Miroslav Hudeček 1985

Prof. ak. soch. Miroslav Hudeček

* 1935

Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Statistics: 19251 Witnesses the Database; 10820 Witness Stories; 20067 Registered Researchers; 159985 Photos; 64554 Clips