Witnesses starting with letter R

Zdeněk Rafaj

Zdeněk Rafaj

* 1960

Boy Scouts, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

František Rafaja

Ing. František Rafaja

* 1943 †︎ 2024

The underground, Radio Free Europe, Art and censorship, Politician

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

Soňa Rafajová, rod. Krúpová

* 1941

The relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Dimitri Rafalský 2017

Dimitri Rafalský

* 1930 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, National minorities, The relative of a political prisoner, Emigrants from Russia, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 4 more categories

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - Arrests of Russian émigrés by the agents of SMERSH, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

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Vlastislav Raichl

* 1920 †︎ 2007

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

Jaroslav Rainer vin his youth

Jaroslav Rainer

* 1940

The Sportsmen

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Milada Rainová, early 1940s

Milada Rainová

* 1923

Forced labour during the WW2, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Rais in 2022

Jiří Rais

* 1930

Boy Scouts, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Radomil Raja in June 2006

Radomil Raja

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Lidmila at her first communion, 1948

Lidmila Rajbrová

* 1939

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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