17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída | Memory of Nations

Majda Rajcanova - photography for project of Labyrint revoluce (documentary movie)

Magdaléna Rajčanová

* 1973

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jiří Rak during military service in Cheb, 1980

Ing. Jiří Rak

* 1957

Russia, Déclassé, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

Lída Rakušanová in the late 1970s/early 1980s

Lída Rakušanová

* 1947

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion 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

Ján Rampák as an actor during a theater performance.

Ján Rampák

* 1939

Dissident, Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Forced labour during the WW2 and 8 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 21 more anniversaries

Ivana Reichlová around 2007. Photo probably by Oldřich Škácha.

Ivana Reichlová

* 1955 †︎ 2025

People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Reinišová Krýdová Emílie

Emílie Reinišová Krýdová

* 1923 †︎ 2018

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jan Rejžek, 2023

Jan Rejžek

* 1954

A cultural celebrity, Journalist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Róna 2015

Jaroslav Róna

* 1957

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Eliška Rothová, c. 1984/85

Eliška Rothová

* 1963

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Palach Week

Jan Ruml

Mgr. Jan Ruml

* 1953

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

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