Art and censorship

Ján Rampák as an actor during a theater performance.

Ján Rampák

* 1939

Dissident, Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Forced labour during the WW2 and 8 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 21 more anniversaries

Jiří Reidinger 1987, historical photography

Jiří Reidinger

* 1961

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jindřich Rejnart

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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

Bohumil Robeš at the age of 18 years

Bohumil Robeš

* 1930 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Róna 2015

Jaroslav Róna

* 1957

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Josef Rössler

Josef Rössler

* 1956

The Plastic People of the Universe, Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator and 4 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Charming Eva Rovenská’s high school graduation photo, 1970

Master of Fine Arts Eva Rovenská

* 1950

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Karel Růžek in 2013

Karel Růžek

* 1930

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Art and censorship

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