Witnesses starting with letter R

Marie Ryšavá (Vaníčková) at the end of the 1950s

Marie Ryšavá

* 1949

The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Otakar Ryšavý

Otakar Ryšavý

* 1955

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, 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

Eva Rysová, 1971

Eva Rysová

* 1950

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, 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, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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