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

21. 8. 1968

Holy Communion (1948)

professor PhDr., CSc. Oldřich Richterek

* 1940

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Scientist, University professor

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. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Elfriede Richterová - 2017

Elfriede Richterová

* 1921 †︎ 2018

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Ivana Richter in costume, 1950

Ivana Richterová

* 1945

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Industrial settler in border region in 60'

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, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

navigátor.jpg (historic)

Miroslav Riessner

* 1928 †︎ 2018

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

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

Karel Říha during recording for Stories of Our Neighbours, Holice, 2023

Karel Říha

* 1941

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Ing., Arch. Martin Říha

* 1945

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Politician, Environmentalist

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

Soldier in the Border Guard - 1966

Tomáš Rimpel

* 1946 †︎ 2024

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Border Guards, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Otto Rinke Jr in the military mid 1960s

Ing. Otto Rinke

* 1943 †︎ 2020

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

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

Jana Rinkeová in 1969

Mgr. Jana Rinkeová

* 1946

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

academic painter Michaela Kateřina Rocmanová

* 1954

Boy Scouts

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

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