Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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Karel Raška during recording

prof. MUDr., DrSc. Karel Raška

* 1939

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Relatives of important personalities, Scientist

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Archival photo

René Rechnitz

* 1921

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 Arab–Israeli War

László Regéczy-Nagy after 1956

László Regéczy-Nagy

* 1925 †︎ 2021

Hungary, Active in the 1956 Hungarian revolution, Political prisoner in the Kádár era, Hungarian army soldier during 2WW

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Karel Řehák - former portrait

Bohumil Řehák

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ing. Petr Rehák

* 1938

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities, Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ivana Reichlová around 2007. Photo probably by Oldřich Škácha.

Ivana Reichlová

* 1955

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

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

foto_vyrez-sed.jpg (historic)

Alois Reimer

* 1949

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Pavel Rejchrt

Pavel Rejchrt

* 1942

Clergymen, Non-Catholic clerical, Writer, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Rejtharová in 2023

Jana Rejtharová

* 1940

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

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

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