Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Dionýz Hochel

* 1967

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava

Portrait from 1970 (23 years old)

Ing. Roland Hoffmann

* 1947

Germany, Victim of forced relocation

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Vincent Hollý - historical photo

Vincent Hollý

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in the Slovak national uprising, Hidden people

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Ján Hollý - the meeting of VPN

MUDr. Ján Hollý

* 1949

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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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

Vladimír Hopka

* 1937 †︎ 2025

The Sportsmen, 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

current portrait

Margita Horáková

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

Stefan Horsky, historical photography

PhDr. Štefan Horský

* 1929

Journalist, Writer, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Mlady Jozef Horvath

Jozef Horváth

* 1949

A cultural celebrity, The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

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

Boy

Tibor Hrdlička

* 1932

National minorities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 1 more anniversaries

Jozef Hrdý as a student

SDB Jozef Hrdý

* 1923

Representative of the Church, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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