29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat | Memory of Nations

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

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

Helma Koubová, married name Růžičková, 1948

Helma Růžičková

* 1933

People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A postcard with a photo of Věra Růžičková which she also signed

Věra Růžičková

* 1928 †︎ 2018

Sokol, The Sportsmen

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Rybárek

* 1930

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Moravian Croats

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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

Marie Rychlíková, 2025

Marie Rychlíková

* 1940

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people, Participant in antifascist resistance

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Rýva Josef

Captain Josef Rýva

* 1914

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Jaroslav Ryvol in the 1960s

Jaroslav Ryvol

* 1930

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Border Guards, 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, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague and 6 more anniversaries

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