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Ivan Renč in 1953

Ivan Renč

* 1937

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Dagmar Renertová with her husband

Dagmar Renertová

* 1930 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 6 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Miroslav Řepa

Ing., Arch. Miroslav Řepa

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Zdeněk Rerych 1943

Ing. Zdeněk Rerych

* 1931

Participant in antifascist resistance, Relative of a political prisoner, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Milan Ressel during the interview in 2013

Milan Ressel

* 1934

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Rudolf Révay in 1961

Rudolf Révay

* 1933 †︎ 2025

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

In the military service, 1950s

Ludvík Rezek

* 1938

Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Pavel Řezníček

* 1946

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Režný

Jaroslav Režný

* 1935

National minorities, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Oldřich Řičánek at film studios in Gottwaldov, early 1960s

Oldřich Řičánek

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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