5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring | Memory of Nations

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

Josef Ruszelák in 2016 in front of his painting Hostýnské nebe

Josef Ruszelák

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Rutter in 2022

Jan Rutter

* 1934

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Arnošt Růžička

* 1951

Déclassé, Sudeten Germans

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

Jiřina Rybáčková v roce 1970

Mgr. Jiřina Rybáčková

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Writer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

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

Helena Sallakuová / 1970

Helena Sallakuová

* 1947

Political prisoner, The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Samec in 1961

František Samec

* 1944

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

1986 Vasil Samokovliev

Vasil Samokovliev

* 1946

Emigrant, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Writer, Bulgaria

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 09.09.1944 - The coup d'état of the Motherland Front and the communists coming to power

Jan Sapák v roce 1976-1977

Ing., Arch. Jan Sapák

* 1957

Politician, Radio Free Europe, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 4 more anniversaries

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