Witnesses starting with letter R

Monika Ruská / around 1961

Monika Ruská

* 1946

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

myjsmetonevzdali.jpg (historic)

Josef Rusňák

* 1921

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia)

Priest Tadeusz Rusnak, 2015

Tadeusz Rusnak

* 1953

Poland, Catholic clerical, Anti-communist protests in Czechoslovakia in Milevsko and Sedlčansko

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 28.8. 1980 Holy Mass for strikers in the bus depot in Wrocław

Rusnakova Edita

Edita Rusnáková

* 1957

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma

Pavel Russnák v roce 1952.JPG (historic)

Pavel Russnák

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, National minorities, Non-Catholic clerical, Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Ruszelák in 2016 in front of his painting Hostýnské nebe

Josef Ruszelák

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

contemporary photo

MUDr. Cyril Ruth

* 1935

Déclassé

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

Jan Rutter in 2022

Jan Rutter

* 1934

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Juraj Ružbaský

Juraj Ružbaský

* 1921

Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Evženie Ružbatská po válce.JPG (historic)

Evženie Ružbatská

* 1923 †︎ 2017

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

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