Witnesses starting with letter R

Rings exercise

Zdeněk Růžička

* 1925 †︎ 2021

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 2 more anniversaries

Berta Růžičková

Berta Růžičková

* 1931

Sudeten Germans

Emilie Růžičková

Emílie Růžičková

* 1929

Catholic clerical, Friars

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Helma Koubová, married name Růžičková, 1948

Helma Růžičková

* 1933

People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), The relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiřina Růžičková

Jiřina Růžičková

* 1934

The relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jitka Růžičková, 2017

Jitka Růžičková

* 1930

Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

A postcard with a photo of Věra Růžičková which she also signed

Věra Růžičková

* 1928 †︎ 2018

Sokol, The Sportsmen

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Růžena Růžičková Sanicola

* 1944

Emigrant, National minorities, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Young Šárka Růžková

Šárka Růžková

* 1926

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Štefan Ružovič 60.te roky

Štefan Ružovič

* 1934 †︎ 2022

Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

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