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Martin Šimsa in 1984

Mgr. PhDr., PhD. Martin Šimsa

* 1959

Human Rights Defender, Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Vicar without State agreement, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 11 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

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Josef Skohoutil

* 1928 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Member of an Illegal Church

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

sr. Bonaventúra Terézia Šmídová - 70´s

Bonaventúra Terézia Šmídová

* 1954

Dissident, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Member of an Illegal Church, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava

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Ing. Ondřej Vojtěch Soudský

* 1952

Representative of the Church, Friars, Relatives of important personalities, Catholic clerical, Member of an Illegal Church and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Jiří Spáčilík in 1988

Jiří Spáčilík

* 1962

Member of an Illegal Church, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Svědci Jehovovi, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Mgr. Jan Špilar

* 1964

A cultural celebrity, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 1 more categories

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, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jaroslava Struková, 1950s

MUDr. Jaroslava Struková

* 1932

National minorities, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Member of an Illegal Church and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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 and 5 more anniversaries

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Ladislav Sukop

* 1933

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Boy Scouts

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Anna Švehláková in 2022

MUDr. Anna Švehláková

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 8 more anniversaries

a retro picture of Tomáš Svoboda

RNDr. Tomáš Svoboda

* 1959

Member of an Illegal Church, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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