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Jana Pospíšilová

Jana Pospíšilová

* 1970

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

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Eva Potměšilová

Eva Potměšilová

* 1960

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 2 more anniversaries

Current portrait of Roman Povala

Roman Povala

* 1978

Non-Catholic clerical

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Přelouček in 2021

Josef Přelouček

* 1962

Romania, Czechs from Banat, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, National minorities and 2 more categories

16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

František Přeslička before his arrest

František Přeslička

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Underage political prisoners, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Vocalist Jiri Přibyl alias Shef in plastic sheet (Křečový žíly), Pod tou strážní věží, June 1985

Jiří Přibyl

* 1966

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

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

As a soldier

Jiří Procházka

* 1924

Non-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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Augustin Jiří Prokop

Augustin Jiří Prokop

* 1952

Catholic clerical, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Václav Pták

Václav Pták

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

František Radkovský, portrait from his youth

Monsignor František Radkovský

* 1939

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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

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