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Ladislav Hylena in 2020

Ladislav Hylena

* 1945

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Antonín Hýža

Monsignor Antonín Hýža

* 1924 †︎ 2010

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Representative of the Church, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jan Ihnat

Jan Ihnát

* 1950

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Sr. Oľga Iváková - 1990s

Oľga Iváková

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

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

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Jenő Ivánfi

* 1929

Hungary, Active in the 1956 Hungarian revolution, Emigrant, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Repatriated and 2 more categories

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Marian Jahoda on electric guitar accompanying the St. Cyril and Metodius church choir, Olomouc-Hejcin, 1971

Marian Jahoda

* 1953

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Radivoj, student of theology, Leningrad 1949

Radivoj Arcibiskup Simeon Jakovljevič

* 1926 †︎ 2024

Representative of the Church, A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Josef Jančář

PhDr. Josef Jančář , CSc.

* 1931 †︎ 2025

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 5 more anniversaries

Josef Jančář on a historical photograph

Josef Radim Jančář

* 1951

Dissident, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Friars and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Janczik

Josef Janczik

* 1928

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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