The underground

Communism

A longhair in Sokolov, 1975

Zdeněk Holeček

* 1956

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Writer, The underground

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

Petr Holub / circa 1963

Petr Holub

* 1958

Journalist, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The underground

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

Buhuslav Holý in the early 1980s

Bohuslav Holý

* 1954

Boy Scouts, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Vít-Bohumil Homolka in a photo from the preserved StB volumes

Vít-Bohumil Homolka

* 1956

Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Dalibor Horák

* 1965

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Mlady Jozef Horvath

Jozef Horváth

* 1949

A cultural celebrity, The underground, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Artists

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

Maturitní fotografie v 18 letech

Miloš Houdek

* 1944

Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Petr Hrabalik

* 1962

Dissident, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The underground, Art and censorship

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 5 more anniversaries

The signatories of Charter 77 and friends - from the left Karel Duda - unjustly accused for sending poisoned letters to officials, and is no longer alive. Petr Hrach in the middle and Václav Luhan on the right, who was forced to leave the former Czechoslovakia to Austria in the late 1970s and early 1980s as part of the secret police ASANACE event.

Petr Hrach

* 1955 †︎ 2022

Dissident, The underground

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

Ludvík Hradílek in 2017

Ludvík Hradílek

* 1960

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, The underground, Relatives of important personalities, Journalist and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

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