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

Lydie Roskovcová in 1985

RNDr. Lydie Roskovcová

* 1936

Czech community in the US, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, Scientist

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Adam Rucki

* 1951 †︎ 2020

Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Pavel Russnák v roce 1952.JPG (historic)

Pavel Russnák

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, National minorities, Non-Catholic clerical, Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 1 more anniversaries

Růžena Růžičková Sanicola

* 1944

Emigrant, National minorities, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Jan Rybář as a soldier at the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Jan Rybář

* 1931 †︎ 2021

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Helena Rýznarová, 1951

Helena Rýznarová

* 1936

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

Eugénia Sákalová

Eugénia Sákalová

* 1929

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Alois Sassmann as an altar boy (Christmas 1969)

Mgr. Alois Sassmann

* 1961

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 2 more categories

12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdenka Cecília Schelingová

Zdenka Cecília Schelingová

* 1916 †︎ 1955

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Karel Schmidt

Karel Schmidt

* 1925

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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