Non-Catholic clerical | Memory of Nations

As a young man

ThDr. Jiří Josef Otter

* 1919

Non-Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in WW2

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

P. Parkán young

Pavel Parkán

* 1932

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Non-Catholic clerical

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Pavlis shortly after graduation, early 1960s

Mgr. František Pavlis

* 1941

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

Petr Pazdera Payne, Prague, the end of 1980s

Petr Pazdera Payne

* 1960

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Charter 77 signatory, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Bohdan Pivoňka in 2019, current photography

Bohdan Pivoňka

* 1940

Non-Catholic clerical, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

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Jaromír Plíšek

* 1955

A cultural celebrity, Non-Catholic clerical, Diplomat

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

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Josef Pokorný

* 1920

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

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Prof. ThDr., DrSc. Petr Pokorný

* 1933 †︎ 2020

Non-Catholic clerical

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Iva Pospíšilová in 2023

Iva Pospíšilová

* 1954

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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