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Eppelmann / Initiative "Demokratischer Aufbruch"

Rainer Eppelmann

* 1943

Dissident, Non-Catholic clerical, Politician

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall and 1 more anniversaries

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

Pavla Eštočinová

Pavla Eštočinová

* 1928 †︎ 2009

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

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

Štěpán Faber, portrait photograph from the 1960s

ThMgr. Štěpán Faber

* 1947

Clergymen, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Helena Faberová

Helena Faberová

* 1935 †︎ 2026

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Manfred Fabian, approximately mid-1950s

Manfréd Fabián

* 1934

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Father William Faix during the recording, 2025

Dr, Stanislav William Robert Faix

* 1936

Catholic clerical, United States of America

Daniel Fajfr in graduation photograph, 1970

Daniel Fajfr

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Clergymen, Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Vicar without State agreement

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

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