Witnesses starting with letter R

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

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

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

Vladimír Rajda

Ing. Vladimír Rajda

* 1928 †︎ 2016

Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Josef Rajdl as a soldier - Čáslav 1946

Josef Rajdl

* 1922 †︎ 2018

Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Rajdus Josef

Josef Rajdus (Joža)

* 1922

Boy Scouts

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Jan Rajlich Jr aged 33, two years later in the new studio at Jiráskova 4, 1983, photo by Boh. Marčák

Doc. Ing., Arch. Jan Rajlich

* 1950

Art and censorship, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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