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Karel Rožec, 1963, photo from graduation photo board

Karel Rožec

* 1943

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Marta Rožnovská, graduation photo board, 1965

Marta Rožnovská

* 1946

Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Marie Rudolecká at the time she started working at the State Department, 1950s

Marie Rudolecká

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

R.Rudolf military ability Union 1946

Rudolf Rudolf

* 1928

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Jan Ruml

Mgr. Jan Ruml

* 1953

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

Walburgy Ruprechtová (Harichová).JPG (historic)

Walburga Ruprichová

* 1931 †︎ unknown

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Růžička at graduation, 1971

Doc. PhDr. Jiří Růžička Ph.D.

* 1943

The underground, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Rychtr at the races in Špindlerův Mlýn, 1956/1957

Jaromír Rychtr

* 1943

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

Marie Ryšavá (Vaníčková) at the end of the 1950s

Marie Ryšavá

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Oto Šacher, 1961

Oto Šacher

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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