Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Czechoslovakia    3. Ethnic relations    4. General    5. History - General History    6. Nationalism    7. Political History    8. Politics and government    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Slovakia   

Subjects:  1. 1945-1992    2. Communism    3. Czechoslovakia    4. Eastern Europe - Czech Republic & Slovakia    5. Eastern Europe - Czechoslovakia    6. History - General History    7. Politics and government    8. Europe    9. European history: Second World War   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - Czech Republic & Slovakia    2. History - Military / War    3. History: World    4. Military - General    5. Military History - World War II    6. European history: Second World War    7. Former Czechoslovakia    8. History / Europe / Eastern   

Subjects:  1. 1993-    2. Czech Republic    3. Eastern Europe - Czech Republic & Slovakia    4. History - General History    5. International Relations - General    6. Military policy    7. Political Science    8. Politics and government    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Slovakia    11. Eastern Europe    12. European studies    13. International institutions    14. Non-Classifiable    15. Warfare & Defence   

Subjects:  1. Central Europe - History    2. Czechoslovakia    3. Eastern Europe - Czech Republic & Slovakia    4. History    5. History - General History    6. Intervention, 1968    7. Intervention, 1968-   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. General    3. History - General   

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"No jail in the world can keep the human spirit imprisoned"
Perhaps our author's early years as a young Jesuit novice started out just as unusual as his early priesthood was destined to be.At 15 yrs old, Jan Korec, a native of Bosany (in the Slovak Republic) was the youngest Jesuit novitiate in his region;he took his vows at age 17 in 1941.Three yrs later, during the 1944 Slovak National Uprising, Korec hid out in a cellar in Trnava, reading philosophy to pass the time as the front line moved on thru.After that, he worked at a Trnava hospital caring for wounded Russian soldiers! Then while completing his studies at the Jesuit Institute, he wrote his thesis on Dialectical Materialism--irony incarnate, of course, as this is the official swan song of good marxists everywhere.And it was these very marxist followers who committed the horrors on that barbarian night of April 13, 1950 when the Czechoslovak state government shut down convents and monasteries and arrested religious leaders as "enemies of the state."Undaunted, Korec was secretly ordained a priest 6 months after this;the following year, he was secretly consecrated a Bishop of the Catholic Church.Over the coming years, he himself would ordain over 120 priests in "underground" ceremonies.Alas, in 1960, he was arrested for "treason" and imprisoned at the infamous Valdice and Pankrac prisons (he received early release in 1968 during the "thaw").Even after his release, Bishop Korec lived under constant surveillance up until the Velvet Revolution of 1989.The 30 years he spent under the communist hacks make up the bulk of this book and provide compelling reading.Many editors and distinguished personages went into the making of this book;forewards are penned by Vaclav Havel and Pope John Paul II.Fotos are provided liberally thru the text, as well as helpful footnotes to events and persons discussed within.Korec pulls no punches either in naming specific commie villains (a pox to you Vojtech Filkorn!) and he weaves his prison experiences with other famous Church figures (Bishops Vojtassak and Hnilica) alongside him.Occasionally, the text gets bogged down with legal details in his trial hearings and individual's names are not always provided in a uniform manner with diacritics.NOTB is not a grim preachy and humorless read at all:Korec weaves humorous anecdotes all through his trials with marxist mayhem.You'll learn all kinds of things in this book: that Czech crystal was the product of prisoners working under duress and in unsafe conditions...in 1991, Korec was appointed a Cardinal in the Church (Nitra).Don't believe the naysayers who claim we have no heroes today--you just have to know where to look!For starters, then, meet Cardinal Jan Korec, a man who defied the machinations of a police state to ensure the survival of the Catholic Church in Slovakia. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. (Jan Chryzostom),    2. (Jâan Chryzostom),    3. 1924-    4. Biography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Cardinals    7. Catholic Church    8. Eastern Europe - General    9. Europe - Former Soviet Republics    10. Historical - General    11. History    12. History: World    13. Korec, Jan Ch    14. Korec, Jâan Ch.    15. Political prisoners    16. Religious    17. Slovakia    18. Biography: general    19. Korec, Ján Ch    20. Political oppression & persecution    21. c 1945 to c 1960    22. c 1960 to c 1970   

Subjects:  1. 1873-1933    2. 1918-1938    3. Czechoslovakia    4. Eastern Europe - Czech Republic & Slovakia    5. Government - Comparative    6. History - General History    7. Political History    8. Political Parties    9. Political Science    10. Politics and government    11. Politics/International Relations    12. Republikâanskâa strana zeméedéelskâeho a malorolnickâeho lidu (Czechoslovakia)    13. Svehla, Antonin,    14. éSvehla, Antonâin,    15. Czech Republic    16. European history: from c 1900 -    17. Germany    18. Political structures: democracy    19. Svehla, Antonín   

Subjects:  1. Business/Economics    2. Contemporary Politics - Europe    3. Danube River Region    4. Foreign relations    5. General    6. Hungary    7. Nature    8. Nature / Field Guide Books    9. Political aspects    10. Real Estate - General    11. Slovakia    12. Social aspects    13. Water resources development    14. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    15. International relations    16. Pollution & threats to the environment    17. c 1980 to c 1990   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Christian ethics    3. Christianity - Theology - Ethics    4. Ethics    5. History    6. Lutheran Church    7. Lutheran Churches    8. Religion    9. Slovakia    10. Social Theology    11. Social ethics    12. Theology    13. Christian moral & pastoral theology    14. Ethical issues & debates   

Subjects:  1. 1968-1989    2. Czechoslovakia    3. Eastern Europe - Czech Republic & Slovakia    4. General    5. History    6. History: World    7. Intervention, 1968    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Politics and government    10. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    11. Former Czechoslovakia    12. Germany   

Subjects:  1. 1989-1992    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Czech Republic    4. Czechoslovakia    5. Economic Conditions    6. Economic History - 20th Century    7. Foreign economic relations    8. Politics and government    9. Slovakia    10. Sociology    11. Former Czechoslovakia    12. Macroeconomics    13. Nationalism    14. Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - Czech Republic & Slovakia    2. History - General History    3. Reference    4. History / Europe / Eastern   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - Czech Republic & Slovakia    2. History - General History    3. History: World    4. Slovakia    5. 21st century    6. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    7. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. 1989-    2. Contemporary Politics - Eastern Europe    3. Current Affairs    4. Decentralization in government    5. Development - Economic Development    6. Europe, Eastern    7. European Union countries    8. Government - International    9. Government - State & Provincial    10. International Relations - General    11. Local Government    12. Political    13. Politics - Current Events    14. Politics / Current Events    15. Politics and government    16. Politics/International Relations    17. History / Europe / General   

Subjects:  1. 1918-1945    2. Eastern Europe - Czech Republic & Slovakia    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History Of Civilization And Culture (General)    6. History: World    7. Nationalism    8. Slovakia    9. History / Europe / Eastern   

Subjects:  1. Czechoslovakia    2. History   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. European    4. History - General    5. Sculpture    6. Techniques - Painting   

Subjects:  1. 12th century    2. Bohemia    3. Bohemia (Czech Republic)    4. Czech Republic    5. Eastern Europe - Czech Republic & Slovakia    6. General    7. History    8. History - General History    9. History: World    10. Kings and rulers    11. Politics and government    12. Power (Social sciences)    13. Cosmas    14. Premyslid dynasty   

Subjects:  1. 1945-1992    2. 1968-1989    3. 20th century    4. Civil rights    5. Czechoslovakia    6. Dissenters    7. Eastern Europe - Czech Republic & Slovakia    8. Eastern Europe - Czechoslovakia    9. History    10. History - General History    11. Intellectual life    12. Political And Civil Rights    13. Politics and government    14. Politics/International Relations    15. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    16. Former Czechoslovakia