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Karel Otčenášek

Karel Otčenášek

* 1920 †︎ 2011

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Representative of the Church, A cultural celebrity, Catholic clerical

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Anton Otte

Monsignor Anton Otte

* 1939 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, National minorities, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Déclassé and 6 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jan Palacký, 2017

MUDr. Jan Palacký

* 1937 †︎ 2018

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Bernard Pánči_dobová.jpeg (historic)

Bernard Pánči

* 1922

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty

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

Stanislav Pavlík

Stanislav Pavlík

* 1930

Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars, Member of an Illegal Church

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

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

Václav Pek in the cabinetmaker's shop

Václav Pek

* 1948

Romania, Czechs from Banat, Representative of the Church, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 22. 4. 1996. - 10. 6. 1999. Kosovská válka

Anna Pešatová as a child

Anna Pešatová

* 1937

Member of an Illegal Church, Member of Orel, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 7 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 10 more anniversaries

Professor PhDr. Tomáš Petráček , Th.D.

* 1972

Representative of the Church, Historian, Catholic clerical, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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