Holocaust | Memory of Nations

Family picture - the Růžička family, late 1940s

Čeněk Růžička

* 1946 †︎ 2022

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Jitka Růžičková, 2017

Jitka Růžičková

* 1930

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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

Vlasta Košvancová v době druhé světové války

Vlasta Rypáčková, roz. Košvancová

* 1931

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Margita Rytířová in her uniform - 1943

Margita Rytířová roz. Schneiderová

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Royal Air Force, Veteran of WW2, western front, Winton’s Children

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Věra Šádová, 1950

Věra Šádová

* 1933 †︎ 2025

Holocaust, Border Guards, 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, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Eva Salamonová

Eva Salamonová

* 1956

Holocaust

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait

Alžbeta Šalátiová, rod. Neuwirthová

* 1947 †︎ 2021

Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp and 1 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Viktor Salinas as a young man

Viktor Salinas

* 1941

Gypsies / Roma, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

Countess Marie Alžběta Salmová, 1937

Marie Alžběta Salmová

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, People helping Jews during WWII, Déclassé and 4 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 3 more anniversaries

Statistics: 21411 Witnesses the Database; 12151 Witness Stories; 22054 Registered Researchers; 180270 Photos; 71102 Clips