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Bohuslav Eliáš

* 1937

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Catholic clerical, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Petr Esterka

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical and 4 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Exner, 1939

Karel Exner

* 1920 †︎ 2022

Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Faber

Karel Faber

* 1935

Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Fatka is a theologian of the 3rd year of the Roman Catholic Cyril and Methodius Theological Faculty in Litoměřice

Mgr. Jan Fatka

* 1955

Clergymen, Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

01- serving in the army in Havlickuv Brod in 1954

Miloslav Fiala

* 1928 †︎ 2026

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Catholic clerical, Vicar without State agreement

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Karel Fořt

* 1921 †︎ 2014

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”

Josef Freml - 1944, working for the Baťa company

Pater Josef Freml

* 1928 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

1942 - graduation photo

Monsignor Vnislav Fruvirt

* 1923 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical, Vicar without State agreement and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Augustin Ladislav Gazda

Augustin Ladislav Gazda

* 1960 †︎ 2019

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad

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