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Zdeněk Remsa in Studenenc, 1930s

Zdeněk Remsa

* 1928 †︎ 2019

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Bohumila Řešátková performing floor routine at the 1967 Pre-Olympic Games in Mexico

Bohumila Řešátková

* 1947 †︎ 2025

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Kateřina Révaiová in a period photograph (1958)

Kateřina Révaiová

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The Sportsmen

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

Rudolf Révay in 1961

Rudolf Révay

* 1933 †︎ 2025

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

As a Sparta player, 1984

Pavel Richter

* 1954

Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ivo Rotter

* 1930

Holocaust, National minorities, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Karel Roubal

Karel Roubal

* 1931

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Jakub Ruml

Jakub Ruml

* 1955 †︎ 2022

Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory, The Sportsmen

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

Rings exercise

Zdeněk Růžička

* 1925 †︎ 2021

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 2 more anniversaries

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

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