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

Inna 14 years old

Ing. Inna Rottová

* 1935 †︎ 2018

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8 January 1941 - 27 January 1944 Siege of Leningrad

Václav Roubal

Václav Roubal

* 1926 †︎ 2024

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Karel Roubal

Karel Roubal

* 1931

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Věra Roubalová in 2013

Ing. Věra Roubalová Kostlánová

* 1947

Dissident, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 5 more anniversaries

Josef Roubíček in 1981

Josef Roubíček

* 1934

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jitka Roubíčková in the 1980s

Jitka Roubíčková

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Libor Rouček, 2025

Libor Rouček

* 1954

Diplomat, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Journalist and 2 more categories

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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Jaroslav Roučka

* 1925

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

A portrait

Jitka Rousová

* 1940

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Charming Eva Rovenská’s high school graduation photo, 1970

Master of Fine Arts Eva Rovenská

* 1950

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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