Rilke, Rainer Maria
1871-1945, important German-language poet, author of The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (orig.: Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge, 1910), The Book of Hours (orig.: Das Stunden-Buch, 1905) and Duino Elegies (orig.: Duineser Elegien, 1923), one of the main representatives of Art Nouveau in literature
Riviera, Diego
1886-1957, Mexican painter, drew on Mexican folk traditions, created large murals (frescoes)
Riwkin-Brick, Anna
(1908-1970), Swedish photographer, specialising in dance photography.
Roda Becher, Martin
Born in 1944, Swiss author, screenwriter and literary critic, son of writer Ulrich Becher.
Roda Roda, Alexander
1872-1945, born Sándor Friedrich Rosenfeld, Austrian author, war correspondent, actor and satirist; exiled in Switzerland and from 1940 in the USA.
Röhrig, Kurt
1912–2007, German photographer. 1944 Training at the Frankfurt-based photography agency Dr. Paul Wolff & Tritschler. Röhrig photographed a Frankfurt destroyed by war and created sources for the documentation of important historical monuments. 1953 Founding of his own company, “roebild
Roosevelt, Eleanor
1884-1962, American diplomat and human rights activist, 1933-1945 First Lady of the United States as the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
1882-1945; served from 1933 until his death as the 32nd President of the USA and made every political effort he could to help those persecuted by the Nazi regime.
Rothmund, Heinrich
1888-1961, 1919-1955 chief of the Federal Aliens Police, played a significant part in developing and implementing Switzerland’s controversial asylum policy during World War II.
Rudolf „Rudi“ Goguel
1908 - 1976, German resistance fighter
