18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation | Memory of Nations

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Roman Prajzler

* 1957

Boy Scouts, Relative of a political prisoner

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Vladimír "Chafer" Procházka II., 1970

Vladimír Procházka

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Stanislav Prokůpek at the time of his arrest, August 1970

Stanislav Prokůpek

* 1941

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Rádl

Ing. Petr Rádl

* 1950

A secret police collaborator, The topic of security forces before 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Jiří Rak during military service in Cheb, 1980

Ing. Jiří Rak

* 1957

Russia, Déclassé, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s and 13 more anniversaries

In the military service, 1950s

Ludvík Rezek

* 1938

Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Bohumil Röhrich in 2019

Bohumil Röhrich

* 1935

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 7 more anniversaries

Jan Roman

* 1929

Underage political prisoners, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Jitka Roubíčková in the 1980s

Jitka Roubíčková

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Konstantin Ruchadze in the late 1960s or early 1970s

Konstantin Ruchadze

* 1950

A cultural celebrity, National minorities, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Georgia

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

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