Witnesses starting with letter R

Bořivoj Rak, school years

Bořivoj Rak

* 1932

Legio Angelica (scouts), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Rak, 1965

Jiří Rak

* 1944

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Jiří Rak during military service in Cheb, 1980

Ing. Jiří Rak

* 1957

Russia, Déclassé, Boy Scouts, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s and 13 more anniversaries

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Jiří Rak

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Legio Angelica (scouts), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Štěpán Rak, 1970s

Professor Štěpán Rak

* 1945

Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

RakVl_vojak.jpg (historic)

Vladimír Rak

* 1925

Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities, Legio Angelica (scouts), 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, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Nerina Rakić

Nerina Rakić

* 1928

Participant in antifascist resistance, Italy

Anna Rákóczi, 1964

Anna Rákóczi

* 1957

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Jitka Rakovcová in 2020

Jitka Rakovcová

* 1947

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Border Guards, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Lída Rakušanová in the late 1970s/early 1980s

Lída Rakušanová

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Journalist, The relative of a political prisoner, Radio Free Europe, Writer and 4 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 5 more anniversaries

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