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Jarmila Rychlíková with her husband Stanislav, wedding photo, Vizovice

Jarmila Rychlíková

* 1938

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 9. 12. 1945 - Death of Father Antonin Vysloužil, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

PhDr. Eva Ryšavá

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

09.09.1944 - The coup d'état of the Motherland Front and the communists coming to power, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Mireia Ryšková, circa 1969

docent PhDr. Mireia Ryšková

* 1951

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s and 1 more anniversaries

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

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

Vincent_Samuely_dobova_fotka_1.jpg (historic)

Vincent Samuely

* 1926

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Portrait, 1960s

Jana Sargánková

* 1940

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

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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Karel in his youth

Karel Schwarzenberg

* 1937 †︎ 2023

Diplomat, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US and 9 more categories

23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 10 more anniversaries

Anna Magdalena Schwarzová

Anna Magdalena Schwarzová

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, National minorities, Holocaust and 6 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

With brother, Milan Sedláček on the right

Milan Sedláček

* 1931

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, A secret police collaborator and 1 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

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