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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

Older portrait of A. Rehberger

Arthur Rehberger

* 1926

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities, Sokol

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Reiman Michal

Michal Reiman

* 1930 †︎ 2023

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Miloš Rejchrt as a spokesman for Charter 77, 1980

Miloš Rejchrt

* 1946

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in 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

Artuš Rektorys in 1959, photo by Věra Caltová

Artuš Rektorys

* 1935

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

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

Dagmar Renertová with her husband

Dagmar Renertová

* 1930 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 6 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

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