Witnesses starting with letter R

Waldemar Richter, 1960's

Waldemar Richter

* 1936

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Holy Communion (1948)

professor PhDr., CSc. Oldřich Richterek

* 1940 †︎ 2026

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Elfriede Richterová - 2017

Elfriede Richterová

* 1921 †︎ 2018

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Ivana Richter in costume, 1950

Ivana Richterová

* 1945

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Industrial settler in border region in 60'

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, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Jana Richterová at the time of recording, 2021

Jana Richterová

* 1965

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zuzana Richterová in 2019

Zuzana Richterová

* 1948

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory

Inge Richtrová, 1946

Inge Richtrová

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Edeltraud Riedel / around 1945

Edeltraud Ríedelová

* 1929

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Riedlová Marie

Marie Riedlová

* 1924

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Otakar Riegel in the Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade in France

Otakar Riegel

* 1925 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

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