Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 | Memory of Nations

Daniela Brodská, 1990

Daniela Brodská pastor

* 1944 †︎ 2025

Member of an Illegal Church, The Plastic People of the Universe, Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement and 6 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

Miloslav Brouček (1935), historical photography

Ing. Miloslav Brouček

* 1935

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Drahomíra Brychtová, née Heindlová (born 1932)

Mgr. Drahomíra Brychtová

* 1932

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, The Partisan, Political prisoner in WW2 and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

Petr Čapek, 2017

Mgr. Petr Čapek

* 1936

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

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Young O. Čapka

Oldřich Čapka

* 1922 †︎ 2017

Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

13-year-old Ludmila

Ludmila Čechová

* 1945

Illegal border crossing, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

Portrétní foto

S. M. Brigita Čechová

* 1931

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

portret_dob.jpg (historic)

Božena Čermáková

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Marta Čermáková in front of the church - photo from her youth

Marta Čermáková

* 1930

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Marta Červená

Marta Červená

* 1954

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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