Witnesses starting with letter R

Young Josef Růžička

Josef Růžička

* 1917

Bata school Graduate, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Kamil Růžička

Kamil Růžička

* 1919 †︎ 2013

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Karel Růžička as a young man

Karel Růžička

* 1933

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Karel Růžičkq

Karel Růžička

* 1924 †︎ unknown

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Leonid Václavovič Růžička

Leonid Václavovič Růžička

* 1927 †︎ 2014

National minorities, Czech minority in the former USSR

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Milan Růžička / 1949

Ing. Milan Růžička

* 1932

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

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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

Miloslav Růžička - 1970s-1980s

Miloslav Růžička

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miroslav Růžička on the bell tower, Kouřim, 1980s-1990s

Miroslav Růžička

* 1935

Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Petr Růžička, February 2023, Ústí nad Labem

Petr Růžička

* 1956

Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, The topic of security forces before 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Petr Růžička in 2021

Petr Růžička

* 1954 †︎ 2023

Witness of local events from the Communist era

22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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