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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

Jiří Růžička in 2020

Jiří Růžička

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Petr Růžička in 2021

Petr Růžička

* 1954 †︎ 2023

Witness of local events from the Communist era

22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Petr Růžička, February 2023, Ústí nad Labem

Petr Růžička

* 1956

Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, The topic of security forces before 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Tomáš Růžička

RNDr., CSc. Tomáš Růžička

* 1937

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Charter 77 signatory, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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

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

Jiří Ryba in 1957

Jiří Ryba

* 1938

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

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

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