Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

Copyright description

----

Vít Růžička

* 1965

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Lev Rybalkin in 1976

Lev Rybalkin

* 1952

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain, Russia

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

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

The last photo of Marie Rychlíkové in Sokol costume, 1948

Marie Rychlíková

* 1928 †︎ 2025

Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Luboš Rychvalský at the recording

Luboš Rychvalský

* 1964

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Anti-communist rebel

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Richard Rýda, mime, 1970s

Mgr. Richard Rýda

* 1940

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Maturitní foto, rok 1968

Ing. Marie Rypáčková

* 1950

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Vít Ryšánek in the army, close-up, 1968

Ing. Vít Ryšánek

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, May 1, 1962 "student provocation" on Petřín hill

As a teenager

Zora Rysová

* 1947

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Palach Week

Portrait, circa 1962

Emil Rýva

* 1933

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Statistics: 21292 Witnesses the Database; 12026 Witness Stories; 21908 Registered Researchers; 178579 Photos; 70588 Clips