25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR | Memory of Nations

Period photo of Vlastimil Ruda

Vlastimil Ruda

* 1933 †︎ 2024

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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

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Ivan Ruller

* 1926 †︎ 2018

Anti-communist rebel, Dissident, Relatives of important personalities

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 3 more anniversaries

Arnošt Runčík in graduation photo in 1962

Arnošt Runčík

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Zdenka Rusínová, 80s

Professor, PhDr. Zdenka Rusínová , CSc.

* 1939

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Russnák v roce 1952.JPG (historic)

Pavel Russnák

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, National minorities, Non-Catholic clerical, Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 1 more anniversaries

Rings exercise

Zdeněk Růžička

* 1925 †︎ 2021

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 2 more anniversaries

Antonín Růžička in 1954

Antonín Růžička

* 1936

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš

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 - Expulsion 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, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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