5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad

5. 7. 1985

Miroslav Klepáček

* 1963

Member of an Illegal Church, Journalist, Art and censorship

5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait in Forest Hills, Queens, October 14, 2023

Antonín Kocurek Corporal

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Clergymen, United States of America, Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Kolaja

Jan Kolaja

* 1937

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad and 2 more anniversaries

Period portrait of Antonín Konečný

Antonín Konečný

* 1959

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

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

Světluše Košíčková in the 90s

ThDr. Světluše Košíčková

* 1951

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Jan Kouřil, Velehrad, 1979

Mgr. Jan Kouřil

* 1956

Dissident, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Anti-communist rebel

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

Petr Kozánek in contemporary photograph

Petr Kozánek

* 1949

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Politician, Relatives of important personalities and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Contemporary photo of Oldřich Kučera

Oldřich Kučera

* 1950

Dissident, Illegal border crossing, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Art and censorship, The underground and 1 more categories

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

Witness Pavel Kvapil in a graduation photo in 1983

Pavel Kvapil

* 1965

Dissident, Boy Scouts, 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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Irena Kvapilová on her honeymoon, Bohemian Forest, 1990

Irena Kvapilová

* 1968

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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