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Přemysl Rabas in the Zoopark in Chomutov

Přemysl Rabas

* 1963

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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

Marie Raisiglová, née Ajšmanová, at Petřiny, 1944

Marie Raisiglová

* 1932

People helping Jews during WWII, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Reichel

RNDr., CSc. František Reichel

* 1938 †︎ 2020

Politician, Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator, Scientist

5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Border Guard, Suchdol nad Lužnicí, 1984

Ludvík Reindl

* 1964

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Ing., Arch. Martin Říha

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician, Environmentalist

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

Louis Rösch at about the age of 18

JUDr. Ludvík Rösch

* 1954

Lawyer, Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

Wedding photo of Anna Röschová, née Zítkové, from December 5, 1981

Mgr. Anna Röschová

* 1951

Lawyer, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 3 more anniversaries

Libor Rouček, 2025

Libor Rouček

* 1954

Diplomat, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Journalist and 2 more categories

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Růžička in 2023

Mgr. Jiří Růžička

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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