Sokol

Communism

Zdeňka Ruprechtová

Zdeňka Ruprechtová

* 1923

Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Růžička as a young man

Zdeněk Růžička

* 1925 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jiřina Růžičková

Jiřina Růžičková

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

A postcard with a photo of Věra Růžičková which she also signed

Věra Růžičková

* 1928 †︎ 2018

Sokol, The Sportsmen

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

1949

Melanie Rybárová

* 1925

Diplomat, Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Writer and 2 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 12 more anniversaries

Jan Sabrsula, photo from the civil document

Jan Šabršula

* 1918 †︎ 2015

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Secret police informer, Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Photo from the shooting of the interview

Josef Sádlo

* 1930

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Portrait

Marie Šalamonová

* 1931

Moravian Croats, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jiří Samek

Jiří Samek

* 1935

Boy Scouts, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Sokol

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Antonie Šandová in her youth

Antonie Šandová

* 1915 †︎ 2007

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, October 26, 1946 - The execution of Heinrich Jöckel, commander of Terezín Small Fortress, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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