Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Rudolf Révay in 1961

Rudolf Révay

* 1933 †︎ 2025

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Stanislava Rezlerová, recording for the Memory of Nations, March 2022

Stanislava Rezlerová

* 1930 †︎ 2024

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Pavel Řezníček

* 1946

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of 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

Jaroslav Režný

Jaroslav Režný

* 1935

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Oldřich Řičánek at film studios in Gottwaldov, early 1960s

Oldřich Řičánek

* 1936

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Richter in 1947

RNDr., CSc. Vladimír Richter

* 1942

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Waldemar Richter, 1960's

Waldemar Richter

* 1936

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion 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

Holy Communion (1948)

professor PhDr., CSc. Oldřich Richterek

* 1940 †︎ 2026

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Elfriede Richterová - 2017

Elfriede Richterová

* 1921 †︎ 2018

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Ivana Richter in costume, 1950

Ivana Richterová

* 1945

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Industrial settler in border region in 60'

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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