Churches and religious societies

František Mikloško, then chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, and Pavol Abrhan (1990)

Ing. Pavol Abrhan

* 1959

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Politician, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava and 4 more anniversaries

young František Adamec

František Adamec

* 1922 †︎ 2011

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

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

Evžen Adámek on contemporary photograph

Mgr. Evžen Adámek

* 1960

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Sinai Adler studying

Rabbi Sinaj Adler

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Representative of the Church, Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Pavel Aleš (Axman) former photo

ThDr. Pavel Aleš

* 1935

Political prisoner in WW2, Representative of the Church, Forced labour during the WW2, Non-Catholic clerical

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Arieșanu Gabriel

Gabriel Arieșanu

* unknown

Romania, Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in Romania

Ludvík Armbruster as a secondary-school student, Ústín, 1945

Professor Ludwig Armbruster

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Scientist and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Bajer

* 1923

Representative of the Church, Official in JZD, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Portrait of Angela Bajnokova in 1949

Angela Bajnoková

* 1928

Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

sedesaty

Professor, ThDr. Milan Balabán

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Dissident, Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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