Witnesses starting with letter R

Daniel Rusniok, 1980s

Daniel Rusniok

* 1966

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Jevgenie Ružečko

Jevgenie Ružečko

* 1926

Russia, Czech minority in the former USSR, Forced labour during the WW2

Karel Růžek in 2013

Karel Růžek

* 1930

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Art and censorship

ruhova dobovy orez.jpg (historic)

Ing., Arch. Jarmila Růzhová, roz. Janáčková

* 1937 †︎ unknown

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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