Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

Ivo Raab with Anna Hönigová

Ivo Raab

* 1934

People helping Jews during WWII, Boy Scouts, Holocaust, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945 and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 1 more anniversaries

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

Roman Ráček in 1987

Roman Ráček

* 1962

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Ilja Racek, 2017

Ilja Racek

* 1930 †︎ 2018

A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Lubomíra Racková, 1942

Lubomíra Racková

* 1938

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939

František Radkovský, portrait from his youth

Monsignor František Radkovský

* 1939

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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

Jidřiška Radová, Einhod Symposium in Israel 1966

Jindřiška Radová

* 1925 †︎ 2021

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

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Josef Radovský

* 1932

Communist official, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Like a 7 years boy

Vladimír Rafaj

* 1931

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Zdeněk Rafaj

Zdeněk Rafaj

* 1960

Boy Scouts, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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