A priest who worked in the USA, a member of the Redemptorist order and later Bishop of Philadelphia. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1977 in Rome.
Czech philosopher who dealt with the topics of environmental protection. He spent most of his life in the USA, where he studied the questions of the relationship between man and world, the development of phenomenology and the problem of ethics.
Prominent Czech philosopher, sociologist and historian. Representative of Czechoslovak humanistic Marxism, in the 1960s the most internationally famous Czech philosopher. His publication The Dialectics of the Concrete (Dialektika konkrétního, 1963) made him an internationally recognised thinker.
World-famous opera singer (bass) and pianist who performed on the most prestigious stages in the world.
Czech philosopher, humanistic and reformist Marxist. In the 1960s, he was an internationally recognised theoretician of the philosophical dialogue between Marxists and Christians. His concept of Marxist humanism laid the foundations for an understanding between the two camps.
Czech diplomat and politician, the younger son of president T. G. Masaryk. He died under suspicious circumstances.
Famous Czechoslovak military commander, member of the military intelligence service and one of the organisers of the Reinhard Heydrich assassination.
Student of history and political economy at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, a symbol of citizens’ protest and a demonstrative victim. His suicide by self-immolation in January 1969 was an expression of active defiance of students and a large majority of citizens against the Soviet occupation and the subsequent political repression.
A prominent figure of Czech media, public and literary scene of the first half of the 20th century. Essayist and journalist, editor-in-chief of the influential weekly Přítomnost. He held liberal leftist views and was close to President T. G. Masaryk’s political views.
Czechoslovak Catholic priest and politician, deputy in the Czechoslovak parliament and minister of health from 1948 until 1968, Vice-President and later President of Czechoslovak People’s Party, representative of the party’s collaboration with the dictatorship of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
A priest, hermit, founder and the first abbot of Sázava Monastery. He is one of the patron saints of the Czech lands.
Roman Catholic priest working in Moravia. Tortured by Protestant officials during religious conflicts at the beginning of the Thirty Years’ War. Canonised in 1995. He is probably the most controversial saint of the Czech lands.
Czech and Czechoslovak Social Democratic politician and journalist, doctor of law, follower of the humanistic principles of T. G. Masaryk. One of the “founding founders” of Czechoslovakia.
Czech-German agrarian politician, philologist and literary scholar, member of several Czechoslovak governments. Advocate of cooperation between Czechs and Germans in a common state.
Czech right-wing politician, journalist and publisher, one of the “founding founders” of Czechoslovakia. He significantly contributed to the Czechoslovak public and political life during the First and Second Republic. He was a minister in several Czechoslovak governments. He published seditious newspapers and tabloids. After the Second World War, he was charged with collaboration
Journalist and writer, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate dedicated primarily to the peace movement, active in supporting the rights of national minorities and women’s rights. She was a close associate of Alfred Nobel.
Czech philosopher, cultural theoretician, journalist and commentator of public affairs. Important representative of Czech Marxist humanism and philosophical anthropology. Author of important essays on the intellectual legacy of Czech history.
Czechoslovak general. President of Czechoslovakia between 1968 and 1975. He did not manage to protect some of the victims of purges after the Prague Spring.
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