Member of an Illegal Church

Churches and religious societies

Eduard, Teplice, 1st half of the 1980s

Eduard Vacek

* 1947

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Milan Valiska, 2019, current photography

Milan Valiska

* 1952

Member of an Illegal Church, Svědci Jehovovi, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Alan Vitouš in 2022

Alan Vitouš

* 1946

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Svědci Jehovovi, 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

Drahomíra Vitvarová as a nurse

Drahomíra Vitvarová

* 1931

Political prisoner, Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Anti-communist rebel

Vladimír Wais in the 1950s

Vladimír Wais

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Member of an Illegal Church, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Svědci Jehovovi, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Fridolín Zahradník photo investigation file, 1984, V 6482 HK

Fridolín Zahradník

* 1935 †︎ 2015

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Zajíc camping; ca. 1975

Jiří Zajíc

* 1951

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

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Irena Zemanová in 1943

Irena Zemanová

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Отець Методій Костюк

Отець Методій Костюк

* 1953 †︎ 2008

Ukraine, Clergymen, Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical

Отець Володимир Маргітич

Отець Володимир Маргітич

* 1931

Ukraine, Clergymen, Victim of Stalinist persecution in Ukraine, Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church and 2 more categories

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