Joseph Beran in the Years 1939-1945

Joseph Beran in years 1939 - 1945 This diploma thesis describes one famous and important personality of the Czech Catholic Church - the Prague's archbishop Josef Beran. It summarizes the details of his life during the Second World War in years from 1939 to 1945. Josef Beran was as a Czech patriot, a victim of a prosecution, which followed a successful assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia, in 1942. He was arrested and deported to the Nazi concentration camp Dachau. This thesis follows not only his life story, but also a development of his personality and his views of important historical events of that period. klíčové pojmy: Josef Beran Faculty of Theology Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia The Nazi concentration camp Terezin The Nazi concentration camp Dacha