1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Olda Rychter or Oldřich Richter from Holice was a biking lover

Oldřich Richter

* 1921

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Elfriede Richterová - 2017

Elfriede Richterová

* 1921 †︎ 2018

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era 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 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Inge Richtrová, 1946

Inge Richtrová

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Margaret Riegerová

Margareta Riegerová

* 1931 †︎ 2016

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Memory of vanished settlements

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Karel Říha

* 1936

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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

Karel Říha

* 1941

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

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

Jaroslav Řihák-

Jaroslav Řihák

* 1927

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Říhánková Růžena

Růžena Vlasta Říhánková

* 1920 †︎ 2015

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Františka Řmotová, née Krátká, as a schoolgirl

Františka Řmotová

* 1929

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Bohumil Robeš at the age of 18 years

Bohumil Robeš

* 1930 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

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