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Václav Rubeš

Major (ret.) Václav Rubeš

* 1930 †︎ 2012

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

The grandfather of the witness, Jozef Budzik, who transported Jews to Poland at the beginning of World War II, dressed in an American uniform.

Mgr. David Ručka

* 1972

Environmentalist, Emigrant

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Professor Přemysl Rut

* 1954

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 3 more anniversaries

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

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

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

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

Arshak Sadoyan

Arshak Sadoyan Արշակ Սադոյան

* 1940

Armenia, Politician

Perestroika, First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Temelan Safkujev

* 1950

Russia

1.-3.9.2004 Teroristický útok v Beslanu

Dagmar as a child with her mother Milada Slabihoudová.

Dagmar Šályová, rod. Slabihoudová

* 1939

National minorities, 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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