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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 †︎ 2019

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 - Expulsion 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 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Novotný / Ostrava / June 2019

Doc. Tomáš Novotný

* 1952

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Aleš Opatrný, 1964

Mons. doc. Ing. Mgr. Aleš Opatrný , Th.D.

* 1944

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Opočenský in 1996 in the parish house garden in Mělník

Mgr. Jan Opočenský

* 1949

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Orawski, 2018

Ing. Jaroslav Orawski

* 1937

Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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