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Kateřina Révaiová in a period photograph (1958)

Kateřina Révaiová

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The Sportsmen

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

Rudolf Révay in 1961

Rudolf Révay

* 1933 †︎ 2025

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

After the first monastic vows, Sister Václava on the left, Sister Františka on the right

Františka (Sestra Helena) Řezáčová

* 1951

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Sister Irena again in her habit after 1988

Sestra Irena (Marie) Řezáčová

* 1950

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miluše Řezaninová in 1968

Miluše Řezaninová

* 1953

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Yehoshua Rezek (1958)

Jehošua Rezek

* 1940

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 1948 Arab–Israeli War

In the military service, 1950s

Ludvík Rezek

* 1938

Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Emílie Rezková, 1971

Emílie Rezková

* 1948

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

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

Stanislava Rezlerová, recording for the Memory of Nations, March 2022

Stanislava Rezlerová

* 1930 †︎ 2024

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

As a cook at a scout camp

Milan Řezníček

* 1952

Boy Scouts, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

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