Rudolf Potsch in 2024

Rudolf Potsch (right) holds a guard of honour at the bust of the late President Antonín Zápotocký in 1957

Petr Oravec in 2024

Rudolf Potsch writes home postcards from the 1965 World Championship in Tampere, Finland

Rudolf Potsch with his mother Vlastimila and father Rudolf in Královo Pole at the beginning of World War II

Rudolf Potsch in the national jersey in 1958

Rudolf Potsch at the ice rink in Berlin, Germany in 1960, on the right is his teammate from Kometa Brno and the national team František Ševčík

Rudolf Potsch during the ice surface treatment at the beginning of the 1950s

Rudolf Potsch (left) in the second half of the 1950s

Vlasta Jiránková with husband Oldřich, son-in-law Leon and grandchildren, 1970s

Witness (right) with daughter Vlasta and grandchildren, 1970s

Witness with daughter Vlasta and grandchildren, 1970s

Škoda crews at the 1977 Monte Carlo Rally. Right to left: Blahna, Kvaizar, Zapadlo, Motal, Kotek, Hlávka

Václav Blahna (right) after his Škoda crashed at the 1976 Barum Rally. His co-driver Lubislav Hlávka is standing next to him. The cause of the accident was a stuck throttle

Václav Blahna behind the wheel of a Škoda at the 1976 Barum Rally with co-driver Lubislav Hlávka

Václav Blahna behind the wheel of a Škoda at the Barum Rally in 1976 with co-driver Lubislav Hlávka

Václav Blahna in the 1980s

Václav Blahna in 2024

Václav Blahna in 2024

Václav Blahna (left) with his 1979 Acropolis Rally trophy; Ambassador of Czechoslovakia to Greece Jaroslav Žantovský is left of him, and Blahna's co-driver Jiří Motal is far right

Inside a Škoda 130 RS at the start of the 1979 Acropolis Rally

Driving a Škoda 130 RS at the Volán Rally, 1970s

Václav Blahna receiving the prize at the 1979 Acropolis Rally, his co-driver Pavel Schovánek standing at right

Radio station at the top of Velky Zvon (Plattenberg) near the Czechoslovak-Bavarian border, 1986

Boundary in the village of Železná, captured in 1989