Friars

Churches and religious societies

Ľudmila Kalafutová (1980s) - the nuns were forced to put on civilian clothes

Ľudmila Kalafutová

* 1945

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Friars, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Michal Kaňa as a young man

Michal Kaňa

* 1953

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical and 10 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence and 1 more anniversaries

Antonín Pavel Kejdana at the graduation photo in 1951

Pater Antonín Pavel Kejdana

* 1932 †︎ 2020

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

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Matylda Klapalová, roz. Lapková

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Sister Bohdana Knotková in 1954

Božena Knotková

* 1931 †︎ 2021

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

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

Jan Josef Kohl with the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Jan Josef Kohl

* 1928 †︎ 2013

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Lucie Kohoutková

Lucie Kohoutková

* 1929

Sudeten Germans, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Petr Kolář in 1968

Petr Kolář

* 1941 †︎ 2023

Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Friars, Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

1950 - 1954

Pavel Konzal

* 1927

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars, Forced labour during the WW2 and 3 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Václav Konzal, 2017

Václav Konzal

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) and 1 more categories

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

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