Metoděj Antonín Jedlička: kněz, řeholník, agent Státní bezpečnosti

Title in English Metoděj Antonín Jedlička: priest, monk and State Security agent
Authors

RICHTROVÁ Eva

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Pro pana profesora Libora Jana k životnímu jubileu
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Keywords Catholic church; Benedictines; monks; resistance; agent; State Security
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Description The text charts the life of the Benedictine and priest Metoděj Antonín Jedlička (1918–1981) from the monastery in Rajhrad via Mauthausen concentration camp and Rtyně v Podkrkonoší prison to a settled existence at the parish of Jílové u Prahy. It tracks the transformation of the idealistic novice and brave resistance fighter into an unstable, fearful, internally conflicted State Security agent with the code name Jenda, searching in vain for a way out of forced collaboration. It analyses the coercive handling strategies of the State Security and specifies agent Jedlička’s actions within the Catholic milieu.
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