Catholic clerical | Memory of Nations

Karel Otčenášek

Karel Otčenášek

* 1920 †︎ 2011

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Representative of the Church, A cultural celebrity, Catholic clerical

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

Anton Otte

Monsignor Anton Otte

* 1939 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, National minorities, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Déclassé and 6 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Vlastimil Ovčáčík, First Mass procession, Velehrad, 1971

Vlastimil Ovčáčík

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Libor Ovečka, Prague, late 1970s

Doc., Dr., Th.D. Libor Ovečka

* 1950

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

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

Bernard Pánči_dobová.jpeg (historic)

Bernard Pánči

* 1922

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty

Military service, České Budějovice, 1970s

Monsignor Jan Peňáz

* 1951

Clergymen, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad and 4 more anniversaries

Stanislav Peroutka as a Scout in Velehrad

ThDr. Stanislav Peroutka

* 1933 †︎ 2021

Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Anna Pešatová as a child

Anna Pešatová

* 1937

Member of an Illegal Church, Member of Orel, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 7 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 10 more anniversaries

Professor PhDr. Tomáš Petráček , Th.D.

* 1972

Representative of the Church, Historian, Catholic clerical, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Pevný

František Pevný

* 1921 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

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