Representative of the Church

Churches and religious societies

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Pater Bohumil Měchura

* 1922 †︎ 2014

Representative of the Church, Sudeten Germans, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Eva Šašecí, married Melmuková, as a vicar in 1956

PhDr. Eva Melmuková

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Historian, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 4 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - Arrests of Russian émigrés by the agents of SMERSH and 7 more anniversaries

Karel Miláček

* 1932

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Friars and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”

Eduard Ľudovít Mokráš

* 1924

Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Ludmila Muchová

Doc. PhDr. Ludmila Muchová Ph.D.

* 1953

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Václav Netuka

Václav Netuka

* 1929

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical

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, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Richard Novák during the interview in 2012

Mgr. Richard Novák

* 1930

Representative of the Church, National minorities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Non-Catholic clerical and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Sister Richardis with her aunt during the war

Helena - Richardis Nováková

* 1928

Representative of the Church, Member of an Illegal Church

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Novotný / Ostrava / June 2019

Doc. Tomáš Novotný

* 1952

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Non-Catholic clerical, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Prof. ThDr., Th.D. Dušan Ondrejovič

* 1930

Representative of the Church, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Non-Catholic clerical, Participant in the Slovak national uprising

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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