PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

Political prisoners

Jindřich Rejnart

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Oldřich Richter at the founding meeting of OK PTP Klatovy (October 30, 1991)

Oldřich Richter

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

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

Jan Rob SDB 17

Ing. Jan Rob

* 1914 †︎ 2018

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 1 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Rodovský_dobové.jpg (historic)

Bohuslav Rodovský

* 1932

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

At a mature age

Jozef Roth

* 1930

National minorities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Růžička

* 1926 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Wehrmacht soldier and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Battle of the Bulge

Jiří Růžička in 2020

Jiří Růžička

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Contemporary photo of J. Ryba

Ing. Jaroslav Ryba

* 1932 †︎ 2018

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Jan Rybář as a soldier at the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Jan Rybář

* 1931 †︎ 2021

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 3 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Portrait, circa 1962

Emil Rýva

* 1933

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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