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Gerhard Frey-Reininghaus (1979)

Gerhard Frey-Reininghaus

* 1951

Clergymen, Non-Catholic clerical, University professor

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, Perestroika, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

Václav Habart at the seminary, Litoměřice, 1975

Václav Habart

* 1940 †︎ 2025

Clergymen, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall

Ladislav Hučko as a child

Mons. ThDr. RNDr. Ladislav Hučko CSc.

* 1948

Clergymen, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, Writer

Akce P - likvidácia gréckokatolíckej cirkvi v Československu, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait in Forest Hills, Queens, October 14, 2023

Antonín Kocurek Corporal

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Clergymen, United States of America, Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

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

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

Jan Kraaijeveld, Prague, 2025

Jan Kraaijeveld

* 1954

Clergymen, Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, The Netherlands

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Petr Krynsky in 1980

Mgr. ThDr. Petr Krynský

* 1945

Clergymen, Ukraine, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Stanislava Kulová in the 1970s

Stanislava Kulová

* 1951

Clergymen, Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Ladislav Matějček in the theatre as Rumcajs

Ladislav Matějček

* 1959

Clergymen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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