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Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

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Vladimír Roskovec in 2021

RNDr., CSc. Vladimír Roskovec

* 1937

Legio Angelica (scouts), Relative of a political prisoner, Scientist, University professor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Palach Week

Josef Rössler

Josef Rössler

* 1956

The Plastic People of the Universe, Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator and 4 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Rössler in 1948

Petr Rössler

* 1930

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Eliška Rothová, c. 1984/85

Eliška Rothová

* 1963

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Palach Week

Johana Roth has lived in the Czech Republic since 1996

Johana Rothová

* 1939

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Libor Rouček, 2025

Libor Rouček

* 1954

Diplomat, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Journalist and 2 more categories

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Rudolecká at the time she started working at the State Department, 1950s

Marie Rudolecká

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

R.Rudolf military ability Union 1946

Rudolf Rudolf

* 1928

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

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

Jiří Růžička in 2023

Mgr. Jiří Růžička

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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