12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia | Memory of Nations

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

Jiří Antonů in 2019

Jiří Antonů

* 1966

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jan in his youth

Jan Balcar

* 1946

Art and censorship

12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Secondary school graduation photo, 1988

Mgr. Jana Bártková

* 1969

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Baxant after the First Holy Communion

Mons. Mgr. Jan Baxant

* 1948

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

At the military service, Prague, 1964

Petr Bubeník

* 1945

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad

Sister Ludmila in 2022

Helena Bystřická

* 1958

Relative of a political prisoner, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

First Communion, Zlín, 1963

Josef Čunek

* 1955

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Polyxena Czerninová in 2025

Polyxena Czerninová

* 1941

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Nobility, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Antonín K. Dabrowski at pilgrimage in Lvov, 1989

Antonín Klaret Dabrowski

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Friars, Boy Scouts and 1 more categories

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

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