Witnesses starting with letter R

German surrender at Muzil

Jakov Rojnić

* 1925

The Partisan

Karel Rokyta at the faculty in 1965

Karel Rokyta

* 1943 †︎ 2024

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Transition in Hungary, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Rokytová

* 1940

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Rolečková, daughter of the miller Josef Blažek, 14-years-old (1951)

MUDr. Věra Rolečková

* 1937

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Rolenec in 1972

Petr Rolenec

* 1940

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Roman

* 1929

Underage political prisoners, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Kateřina Marťáková

Kateřina Romaňáková

* 1941

National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Michael Romancov in 2022

Michael Romancov Ph.D.

* 1969

Holocaust, Emigrants from Russia, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Graduation photo of Ourania Romanopoulou from 1958

Ourania Romanopoulou

* 1937

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, Refugee, Greece, National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

28.10.194 - 23.4.1941 Greek- Italian war, 6.4. - 23.4.1941 Battle of Greece, 1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split

Portrait photo of Agnieszka Romaszewska. Photo by Gosia Kawka.

Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy

* 1962

Poland

Vznik nezávislého odborové hnutí Solidarita, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

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