30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia | 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

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

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

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

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

Helena Rýznarová, 1951

Helena Rýznarová

* 1936

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), 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, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Šafandová in 2023

Mgr. Marie Šafandová

* 1943

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 3 more anniversaries

Eliška Šafaříková

Eliška Šafaříková

* 1924 †︎ 2016

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Marie Tauerová (1944)

Marianne Šafaříková

* 1926 †︎ 2017

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Memory of vanished settlements, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Miloslav Šafrán in 1. Czechoslovak independent tank Brigade

Corporal Miloslav Šafrán

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Red Army soldier

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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