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Josef Kordík in the seminary (Saints Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology)

Pater Josef Kordík

* 1948

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical and 5 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimir Koronthály

Mgr. Vladimír Koronthály

* 1951

Member of an Illegal Church, Historian, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Markéta Koronthályová

PhDr. Markéta Koronthályová

* 1952

Member of an Illegal Church, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

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

Světluše Košíčková in the 90s

ThDr. Světluše Košíčková

* 1951

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Marian Rudolf Kosík, 1975

Marian Rudolf Kosík

* 1951

Clergymen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Jarmila Koslovská in 1969

Jarmila Koslovská

* 1960

Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

František Kostelanský in 1949

doc. Ing.,CSc. František Kostelanský

* 1931

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Stanislav Kostiha (middle) with his adoptive mother Blažena Kostihová (right) and his biological mother Hedvika Hanzelková, 1941

Stanislav Kostiha

* 1939

Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Clergymen, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Likvidace starého Mostu, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Božena Kostihová, Ústí nad Labem, June 2023

Božena Kostihová

* 1942

Vicar without State agreement, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

After the war injury

ThDr. Daniel Kostsánszky

* 1929 †︎ 2020

Non-Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Veteran of WW2, eastern front and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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