Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha

The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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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

Anna Rajserova in 1948

Anna Rajserová

* 1933 †︎ 2023

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Štěpán Rak, 1970s

Professor Štěpán Rak

* 1945

Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Lída Rakušanová in the late 1970s/early 1980s

Lída Rakušanová

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, The relative of a political prisoner, Radio Free Europe, Writer and 4 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 5 more anniversaries

Karel Raška during recording

prof. MUDr., DrSc. Karel Raška

* 1939

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Relatives of important personalities, Scientist

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Archival photo

René Rechnitz

* 1921

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 Arab–Israeli War

László Regéczy-Nagy after 1956

László Regéczy-Nagy

* 1925 †︎ 2021

Hungary, Active in the 1956 Hungarian revolution, Political prisoner in the Kádár era, Hungarian army soldier during 2WW

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Karel Řehák - former portrait

Bohumil Řehák

* 1929

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ing. Petr Rehák

* 1938

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities, Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ivana Reichlová around 2007. Photo probably by Oldřich Škácha.

Ivana Reichlová

* 1955

People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

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