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František Pevný

František Pevný

* 1921 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Agnesa Piasecká during EYD recording.

Agnesa Piasecká

* 1954

Clergymen, Hungary, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 8 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 13 more anniversaries

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Pater Michal František Pometlo

* 1935 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Ctirad Václav Pospíšil

Prof. ThDr. Ctirad Václav Pospíšil , Th.D.

* 1958 †︎ 2025

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Friars, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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

Josef Přelouček in 2021

Josef Přelouček

* 1962

Romania, Czechs from Banat, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, National minorities and 2 more categories

16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

František Radkovský, portrait from his youth

Monsignor František Radkovský

* 1939

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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

Jan Rajlich

RNDr. ThLic. Jan Rajlich

* 1954

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

Karel Rajtmajer

Ing. Karel Rajtmajer

* 1954

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Representative of the Church, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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