Witnesses starting with letter R

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

Mira Radová

* 1929

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

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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

Inocentia Radvanová

Sr. Inocentia Radvanová

* 1930

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

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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

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

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, 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

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