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

Josef Šich in 1975

Monsignor Josef Šich

* 1942

Clergymen, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

University student and private of the Czechoslavak People's Army (1955)

Prof. ThDr., Th.D. Karel Skalický

* 1934

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Writer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

At the priestly ordination, 1983

Monsignor Václav Slouk

* 1957

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

When Emil Soukup celebrated the first Prime Mass in the Church of St. Bartholomew in Pilsen on July 1, 1962

Monsignor Emil Soukup

* 1939

Clergymen, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Jitka Srovnalová

Mgr. Jitka Srovnalová

* 1953

Dissident, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 5 more anniversaries

Anna Staňková at secondary grammar school

Anna Staňková

* 1927 †︎ 2023

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Stáňová in her graduation year, 1964

Ludmila Stáňová

* 1946

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 2 more anniversaries

František Stefanides, 1973

František Stefanides

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 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

Pavel Štingl

Pavel Štingl

* 1960

A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution and 1 more anniversaries

Jindřich Suchánek na dobové fotografii

Jindřich Suchánek

* 1954

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 2 more anniversaries

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