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

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

Vlasta Ručková, 1951

Vlasta Ručková

* 1932

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, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Witness, wedding photo, bride Ruth, née Hlásková, 24 November 1979

Evald Rucký

* 1959

Clergymen, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Period photo of Vlastimil Ruda

Vlastimil Ruda

* 1933 †︎ 2024

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

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

Vladimír Rudajev in 1980

Vladimír Rudajev , DrSc.

* 1938 †︎ 2023

Relative of a political prisoner, 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

Marie Rudolecká at the time she started working at the State Department, 1950s

Marie Rudolecká

* 1930

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

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Gabriela Rudolfová, 1954

MUDr. Gabriela Rudolfová

* 1936

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Hungary, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Repatriated and 3 more categories

1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , The liberation of the city of Wiena, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25 December 1944 - 13 February 1945 Siege of Budapest, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

The witness in the 1950s

Hedvika Eleonora Rudolfová

* 1933 †︎ 2023

Germany, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Ruml

Mgr. Jan Ruml

* 1953

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

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