The Sportsmen | Memory of Nations

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

Eva Rybová in a Podkrkonoše costume, 1946

Eva Rybová

* 1931

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ladislav Rygl at the top of the decisive climb of the running part of the Nordic combined race, in which he won the title of world champion in 1970 (photo: Alexandr Tóth)

Mgr. Ladislav Rygl

* 1947 †︎ 2024

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Bedřich Ščerban during filming

Bedřich Ščerban

* 1964

The Sportsmen

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

Václav Scheiner

PaedDr. Václav Scheiner

* 1955

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

ČSSR representative Pavel Schenk

Pavel Schenk

* 1941

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich

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