Witnesses starting with letter R

Rostislava Raidová, about three years old, with a doll in her arms. Photograph from the period 1944-1945

Rostislava Raidová

* 1942

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Rainer vin his youth

Jaroslav Rainer

* 1940

The Sportsmen

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion 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, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jaroslav Rais as a boy

Jaroslav Rais

* 1939

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

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

Jiří Rais in 2022

Jiří Rais

* 1930

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Marie Raisiglová, née Ajšmanová, at Petřiny, 1944

Marie Raisiglová

* 1932

People helping Jews during WWII, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Milena Raisová in her youth

Milena Raisová

* 1935

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

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 †︎ 2024

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Majda Rajcanova - photography for project of Labyrint revoluce (documentary movie)

Magdaléna Rajčanová

* 1973

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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