Witnesses starting with letter R

Witness in the Giant Mountains, 1970

Prof. RnDr., DrSc Marcel Rejmánek

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Scientist, University professor, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 4 more anniversaries

School-leaving portrait, 1948

Mgr. Milada Rejmanová

* 1929 †︎ unknown

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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

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Vladislav Rejsa

* 1926 †︎ 2024

Volhynian Czechs, Forced labour during the WW2, Red Army soldier, Repatriated

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine

Jana Rejšková in1968

PhDr. Jana Rejšková

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, Déclassé, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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

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

Kristina Relichová, August 2025

Kristina Relichová

* 1946

Ladislav Remeň in his youth, Bratislava, 1947

Ladislav Remeň

* 1928 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance

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