Catholic clerical

Churches and religious societies

Emilie Růžičková

Emílie Růžičková

* 1929

Catholic clerical, Friars

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

Jan Rybář as a soldier at the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Jan Rybář

* 1931 †︎ 2021

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 3 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Karel Sádlo at age 15 with his mother Alžběta Sádlová, nee Kašparová

Karel Sádlo

* 1952

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

12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Alois Sassmann as an altar boy (Christmas 1969)

Mgr. Alois Sassmann

* 1961

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 2 more categories

12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna Magdalena Schwarzová

Anna Magdalena Schwarzová

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, National minorities, Holocaust and 6 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

František Sedláček, graduation photo, 1970

František Sedláček

* 1951

Dissident, Catholic clerical, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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

Rudolf Sikora / around 1970

Rudolf Sikora

* 1951

Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Štefan Šilhár

Štefan Šilhár

* 1932

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Catholic clerical

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

Vojtěch Šíma in 2022

Vojtěch Šíma

* 1947

Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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