Catholic clerical | Memory of Nations

Michal Kaňa as a young man

Michal Kaňa

* 1953

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical and 10 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence and 1 more anniversaries

Photo from 1952

Pater Jaroslav Karl

* 1929 †︎ 2019

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 8 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 5 more anniversaries

foto dobo.jpg (historic)

Václav Kelnar

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical, Member of an Illegal Church and 1 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miroslav Klípa, early 1960s

Miroslav Klípa

* 1953

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

J. Kobza

Pater Josef Xaver Kobza

* 1921 †︎ 2020

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

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

Josef Koláček

Josef Koláček

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

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

Petr Kolář in 1968

Petr Kolář

* 1941 †︎ 2023

Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Friars, Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Štefan Koma - 40 years old theologian (1970)

Štefan Koma

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Tomáš Konc

Tomáš Konc

* 1963

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Catholic clerical

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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