Witnesses starting with letter R

Soldier in the Border Guard - 1966

Tomáš Rimpel

* 1946 †︎ 2024

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Border Guards, 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

Markus Rindt with instrument

Markus Rindt

* 1967

Germany, Witness of local events from the Communist era, East German Refugee, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

Ivan Ringel with tiger Džespa

Ivan Ringel

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

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

Otto Rinke Jr in the military mid 1960s

Ing. Otto Rinke

* 1943 †︎ 2020

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

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

Jana Rinkeová in 1969

Mgr. Jana Rinkeová

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

With guerrilla badge

Ján Rišian

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, The Partisan

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Ritoša (Grubić) Sonja

Sonja Ritoša (Grubić)

* 1933

Croatia, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Annery Rivera Velasco, Madrid, 2025

Annery Rivera Velasco

* 1987

Cuban Exile, Cuban Independent Journalist, Victim of Homophobia in Cuba, Cuba, Memory of Our Cuban Neighbours

Jan Rob SDB 17

Ing. Jan Rob

* 1914 †︎ 2018

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 1 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Aleksandre Robakidze

Aleksandre Robakidze

* 1913 †︎ 1994

Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Georgia

Statistics: 20770 Witnesses the Database; 11669 Witness Stories; 21372 Registered Researchers; 173585 Photos; 69030 Clips