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Jan Opočenský in 1996 in the parish house garden in Mělník

Mgr. Jan Opočenský

* 1949

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 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

Jaroslav Orawski, 2018

Ing. Jaroslav Orawski

* 1937

Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Orzechowski Stanisław

Stanisław Orzechowski

* 1939

Poland, Catholic clerical, Anti-communist protests in Czechoslovakia in Milevsko and Sedlčansko

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 28.8. 1980 Holy Mass for strikers in the bus depot in Wrocław

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

Jiří Otradovec, 1950s

Jiří Otradovec

* 1933

Member of an Illegal Church, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ladislav Otruba in 2025

Ladislav Otruba

* 1951

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

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

As a young man

ThDr. Jiří Josef Otter

* 1919

Non-Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in WW2

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

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

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