Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

Zdeněk Rybka, photo

Zdeněk Rybka

* 1927 †︎ 2022

Bata school Graduate, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

František Rybnikář during the conscription

Ing. František Rybnikář

* 1946

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Eva Rybová in a Podkrkonoše costume, 1946

Eva Rybová

* 1931

Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Period photograph of Břetislav Rychlík

Doc. Břetislav Rychlík

* 1958

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jarmila Rychlíková with her husband Stanislav, wedding photo, Vizovice

Jarmila Rychlíková

* 1938

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 9. 12. 1945 - Death of Father Antonin Vysloužil, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 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

Jaromír Rychtr at the races in Špindlerův Mlýn, 1956/1957

Jaromír Rychtr

* 1943

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in 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”

Jan Rydl at the JKP (United Workers Club) in Chrudim, 1973

Mgr. Jan Rydl

* 1949

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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