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

Miloslav Růžička - 1970s-1980s

Miloslav Růžička

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Zdeněk Růžička as a young man

Zdeněk Růžička

* 1925 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Alena Růžičková in 2025

Alena Růžičková

* 1929

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, 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, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Jiřina Růžičková

Jiřina Růžičková

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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

Jiří Ryba in 1957

Jiří Ryba

* 1938

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

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

1949

Melanie Rybárová

* 1925

Diplomat, Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Writer and 2 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 12 more anniversaries

Eva Rybová in a Podkrkonoše costume, 1946

Eva Rybová

* 1931

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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