Witnesses starting with letter R

Ivo Raab with Anna Hönigová

Ivo Raab

* 1934

People helping Jews during WWII, Boy Scouts

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

In the army in 1947.

Leopold Ráb

* 1924

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Rabiňák in 1980

Ing. Jan Rabiňák

* 1960

Boy Scouts

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Elvíra Rábková (Schlegelová) as a bride

Elvíra Rábková

* 1934 †︎ 2020

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Ilja Racek, 2017

Ilja Racek

* 1930 †︎ 2018

A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

As a young man

Vladimír Ráček

* 1927

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Václav Rachač, May 17, 2010

Major (ret.) Václav Rachač

* 1921 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Irena Racková, a portrait

Irena Racková

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Holocaust, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Oliver Rácz with his sister Katarína

doc. PhDr. MUDr. CSc. Oliver Rácz

* 1947

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Scientist, University professor and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 4 more anniversaries

Ondřej Rácz

Ondřej Rácz

* 1928 †︎ 2013

National minorities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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