Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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Alena Růžičková in 2025

Alena Růžičková

* 1929

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

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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Helma Koubová, married name Růžičková, 1948

Helma Růžičková

* 1933

People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jitka Růžičková, 2017

Jitka Růžičková

* 1930

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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

C. Rybár in 1945 cca

JUDr. Ctibor Rybár

* 1920 †︎ 2013

A secret police collaborator, National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Rybárek

* 1930

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Moravian Croats

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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

Mariana as a child

Mariana Rybecká

* 1935 †︎ 2021

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Rychlíková, 2025

Marie Rychlíková

* 1940

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people, Participant in antifascist resistance

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Stanislav Rytina

Stanislav Rytina

* 1927

Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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