Clergymen

Churches and religious societies

Military service, České Budějovice, 1970s

Monsignor Jan Peňáz

* 1951

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad and 4 more anniversaries

Agnesa Piasecká during EYD recording.

Agnesa Piasecká

* 1954

Clergymen, Hungary, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 8 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 13 more anniversaries

Photo of Michael J. Pojezdný

Michael Josef Pojezdný

* 1943

Clergymen, Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical, Friars, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Pospíšil in 1971

Ing. Jan Pospíšil

* 1944 †︎ 2025

Clergymen, Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Volhynian Czechs, A secret police agent

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, Palach Week and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Rejchrt

Pavel Rejchrt

* 1942

Clergymen, Non-Catholic clerical, Writer, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Sádlo at age 15 with his mother Alžběta Sádlová, nee Kašparová

Karel Sádlo

* 1952

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

12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Portrait photo of Helena Salfická, Olomouc, 1969.

Mgr. Helena Karla Salfická

* 1944

Clergymen, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Josef Šich in 1975

Monsignor Josef Šich

* 1942

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

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Martin Šimsa in 1984

Mgr. PhDr., PhD. Martin Šimsa

* 1959

Clergymen, Human Rights Defender, Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Vicar without State agreement and 12 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

When Emil Soukup celebrated the first Prime Mass in the Church of St. Bartholomew in Pilsen on July 1, 1962

Monsignor Emil Soukup

* 1939

Clergymen, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

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