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František Rafaja

Ing. František Rafaja

* 1943 †︎ 2024

The underground, Radio Free Europe, Art and censorship, Politician

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Rajlich Jr aged 33, two years later in the new studio at Jiráskova 4, 1983, photo by Boh. Marčák

Doc. Ing., Arch. Jan Rajlich

* 1950

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait 1, year 2018

Ing., Arch. Martin Rajniš

* 1944

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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

Jiří Reidinger 1987, historical photography

Jiří Reidinger

* 1961

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Jindřich Rejnart

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Ivan Renč in 1953

Ivan Renč

* 1937

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

William Retureta, 2025

William Retureta Rodríguez

* 1993

Cuban Exile, Cuban Independent Artist, Cuba, Art and censorship

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