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

Witness Josef Najemnik (Giuseppe Rovetto), 1955

Giuseppe Rovetto

* 1933

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Italy

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Karel Rožec, 1963, photo from graduation photo board

Karel Rožec

* 1943

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Alois Rozehnal at the time of arrest in 1949

JUDr. Alois Rozehnal

* 1922 †︎ unknown

Lawyer in the 50`s, Member of Orel, Dissident, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Olga Rozehnalová, 1950s

Olga Rozehnalová

* 1935

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 7 more anniversaries

Jiří Rožek at the army, 1974

Jiří Rožek

* 1956

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marta Rožnovská, graduation photo board, 1965

Marta Rožnovská

* 1946

Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Portrét současný 1

MUDr. Jaroslav Rozsypal (Čmel)

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Jan Rozsypal in 2022

Jan Rozsypal

* 1965

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Adam Rucki

* 1951 †︎ 2020

Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Milena Ručková / 1958

Milena Ručková

* 1940

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

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