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

Josef Freml - 1944, working for the Baťa company

Pater Josef Freml

* 1928 †︎ 2014

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Family photo, witness at the bottom center, mother is on the left in the corner, 1960s.

Marie Fritschová

* 1945

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Fridrich Fritz

Fridrich Fritz

* 1928

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

As a twelve-year-old, 1958

Ladislav Fröde

* 1946

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Border Guards, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

1942 - graduation photo

Monsignor Vnislav Fruvirt

* 1923 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical, Vicar without State agreement and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Notburga 19 years old

Eva Notburga Galbavá

* 1930

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

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

Augustin Ladislav Gazda

Augustin Ladislav Gazda

* 1960 †︎ 2019

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad

Maria like student

Mária Gondová, rod. Selinová

* 1946

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

Graduation photography

Mons. Jan Graubner

* 1948

Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Anna Greňová

Anna Greňová

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Boy Scouts, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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