Witnesses starting with letter R

Otakar Ryšavý

Otakar Ryšavý

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Mireia Ryšková, circa 1969

docent PhDr. Mireia Ryšková

* 1951

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Rysová, 1971

Eva Rysová

* 1950

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

As a teenager

Zora Rysová

* 1947

Charter 77 signatory, 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, Palach Week

Margita Rytířová in her uniform - 1943

Margita Rytířová roz. Schneiderová

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Royal Air Force, Veteran of WW2, western front, Winton’s Children

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Portrait, circa 1962

Emil Rýva

* 1933

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Rýva Josef

Captain Josef Rýva

* 1914

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Jaroslav Ryvol in the 1960s

Jaroslav Ryvol

* 1930

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Border Guards, 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, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague and 6 more anniversaries

Unmarried Hana Ryvolová in 1952

Hana Ryvolová

* 1936

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Helena Rýznarová, 1951

Helena Rýznarová

* 1936

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

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