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Andrés Reynaldo in 2019

Andrés Reynaldo

* 1953

Cuba, Emigrant, Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner

After the first monastic vows, Sister Václava on the left, Sister Františka on the right

Františka (Sestra Helena) Řezáčová

* 1951

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Sister Irena again in her habit after 1988

Sestra Irena (Marie) Řezáčová

* 1950

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miluše Řezaninová in 1968

Miluše Řezaninová

* 1953

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Emílie Rezková, 1971

Emílie Rezková

* 1948

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

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

Helena Řezníčková, 1988

Helena Řezníčková

* 1943

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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

Riedlová Marie

Marie Riedlová

* 1924

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Říhánková Růžena

Růžena Vlasta Říhánková

* 1920 †︎ 2015

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

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

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