Witnesses starting with letter R

A postcard with a photo of Věra Růžičková which she also signed

Věra Růžičková

* 1928 †︎ 2018

Sokol, The Sportsmen

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Růžena Růžičková Sanicola

* 1944

Emigrant, National minorities, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Young Šárka Růžková

Šárka Růžková

* 1926

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Štefan Ružovič 60.te roky

Štefan Ružovič

* 1934 †︎ 2022

Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

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

Jiří Ryba in 1957

Jiří Ryba

* 1938

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

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. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiřina Rybáčková v roce 1970

Mgr. Jiřina Rybáčková

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Writer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

Lev Rybalkin in 1976

Lev Rybalkin

* 1952

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain, Russia

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

C. Rybár in 1945 cca

JUDr. Ctibor Rybár

* 1920 †︎ 2013

A secret police collaborator, National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 2 more anniversaries

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

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