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

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

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

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