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

Josef Rendl, 1975

Josef Rendl

* 1953

Member of an Illegal Church, Clergymen, Catholic clerical, 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, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Dagmar Renertová with her husband

Dagmar Renertová

* 1930 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 6 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Jiřina Řepová in 1972

Jiřina Stanislava Řepová

* 1934

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Řeřicha Bohumil

Bohumil Řeřicha

* 1944

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, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Zdeněk Rerych 1943

Ing. Zdeněk Rerych

* 1931

Participant in antifascist resistance, Relative of a political prisoner, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Bohumila Řešátková performing floor routine at the 1967 Pre-Olympic Games in Mexico

Bohumila Řešátková

* 1947 †︎ 2025

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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

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