Member of an Illegal Church

Churches and religious societies

František Mikloško, then chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, and Pavol Abrhan (1990)

Ing. Pavol Abrhan

* 1959

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Politician, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava and 4 more anniversaries

Evžen Adámek on contemporary photograph

Mgr. Evžen Adámek

* 1960

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Benno Beneš during the military service

Pater Benno Beneš

* 1938 †︎ 2020

Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical, Friars

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Archive picture

Milan Beran

* 1950

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Miroslav Blažek, 5 years old, Nová Paka, 1971

Miroslav Blažek

* 1966

Member of an Illegal Church, Communist official, The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Daniela Brodská, 1990

Daniela Brodská pastor

* 1944

Member of an Illegal Church, The Plastic People of the Universe, Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement and 6 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

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Zdeněk Buk

* 1960

Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, The underground, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

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

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Ing. Vladimír Buřt

* 1964

Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Memory of vanished settlements, Environmentalist

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Libuše in 1957

Mgr. Libuše Černá

* 1953

A cultural celebrity, The underground, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Member of an Illegal Church, The Journalist and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Marta Červená

Marta Červená

* 1954

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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