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Below I am attaching the videos of the sermon by Cardinal Dominik Duka, the speech by the representative of the Czech Army, the farewell to the public in front of the Cathedral of St. Vitus (mostly tourists), the departure for the last journey to his hometown Mšeno, the audio recording of the whole funeral mass and the PHOTOGALLERY.
From the opening words of Cardinal Dominik Duka: "Dear present, dear family, son Tomáš, representatives of the army, representatives of public institutions, associations, friends of the tormentors, men and women who shared the fate with the late General. We are at the time of holidays and vacations and yet we did not hesitate. That is why we said goodbye to him in the Cathedral. He showed by his life that he truly loved this country. He loved himself in different ways, but what is decisive is when I can stand my ground - and say NO! And so at the beginning of this service we want to give thanks for his strength, his courage, his friendliness. We also want to thank his wife Libuše, his family, his late son, but also you who have come so that we can give thanks to God. We realize that there is a time in each of our lives when we fail to live up to that high standard of truth, love and justice..."
It was an honour to have my voice heard clearly and forcefully in the precincts of St. Vitus Cathedral - in the name of all the victims of the criminal communist regime and those of today as a result of not dealing with our own past.
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Karl Jaspers: "The Question of Guilt": "Moral transgressions are the basis of the conditions out of which political guilt and crime grow. To commit innumerable small acts of carelessness, of convenient accommodation, of cheap justification of injustice, of unobserved encouragement of injustice, to participate in the creation of a public atmosphere which spreads obscurity and as such only makes evil possible, all have consequences which in part also condition political guilt in conditions and events."
H. de Balzac: "Lack of trust in the judiciary is the beginning of the end of society."
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The Czech Republic, a country of unprosecutable judges and prosecutors, writes Jan Urban. Unfortunately, he states the familiar. He does not offer ways to start solving the problem effectively, given the state of society.
Yesterday was the last farewell to Brig. Gen. Zbyněk Čeřovský at St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague. He stood up to the invaders in 1968. Cardinal Dominic Duka gave an excellent speech. More foreigners than Czechs said goodbye to him, the Commander-in-Chief of the Czech Army, President Gen. Petr Pavel was not present... It was an honour to have my voice heard in the Cathedral (detailed coverage to follow).
Reason is determined by concepts and values, which have been in chaos for centuries
Sustained by the constant chatter of "everyone about everything". That is why history repeats itself and the same problems. Can we finally define concepts clearly, maintain and enforce them so that common sense is restored and history stops repeating itself?
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Prague,1 July 2024 - The Solomon Society today drew attention to the scandalous procedure of Judge Mgr. Iva Říhová, who is forcing the defendant to attend the main trial despite his serious health condition. The prison doctor has confirmed that the defendant is only able to attend the main trial lying on his bed.
The audio recording of the hearing provides a horrifying picture of Judge Říhová's sheer atrocity, with the defendant vainly requesting that the trial be held without his presence. This procedure is contrary to Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, which prohibits cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. The Solomon Society also recalls that in 2008, when Mgr. Iva Říhová was appointed as a judge, there were serious doubts about her competence. Unfortunately, these concerns were ignored.
"We cannot remember such an excess since the 1950s," said John Bok, honorary president of the association. "This is a frightening testimony to the state of the Czech justice system." For more information and the original audio recording of the hearing, visit here.
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After six months, the curtain of silence has parted and the debate on the police intervention against the mass murderer at the Faculty of Arts in Prague has begun. This cacophony of often contradictory opinions began in June, the month in which we commemorate the centenary of the death of the cartographer of absurdity, the great Prague citizen Franz Kafka. His image is an icon. Everything about it is extreme: the thinness, the sharpness of the features, the shape of the ears attributed to demons and the huge dark eyes under the plebeian low forehead. A shy man, attracted by the authority of the office. Shy people tend to avoid them. What better way to celebrate his memory than with an adequate story?
The central character is a student named K. He came, reported horrific acts and disappeared again. The curtain of silence wrapped around him. The journalism faculty voted for a policy of silence, the major media followed suit. He left behind a letter, something of a legacy. None of us can see it, probably like the original Book of Mormon.
The story hinted at so far would be a mere triviality of pure evil clashing with pure good, and would contribute nothing to Kafka's anniversary. The authorities took care of that. On the scene come two figures preordained to a tragicomic role, Interior Minister Vít Rakušan and Prague police chief Petr Matějček. The Office presents. Their role is to explain the inexplicable and defend the indefensible. The Kafka-esque story is multifaceted, composed of details. Here's one of them: did the police ask for CCTV footage at the gatehouse? If they didn't ask, why did the authorities say they did? If they had asked, what would have followed, since it later turned out that Student K. was unrecognizable on the footage?
The story does not end there. New and new players enter the story. Some recommend silence to prevent the Herostratus effect, others urge a society-wide catharsis. An inevitable part of the Kafkaesque story is the emergence of the commission, a tool to gain light through darkness.
In it, large dark eyes glitter set in a thin face.
Full story: Lidove noviny, Last word 1.7.2024
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On Sunday, June 23, I visited the General at UVN in Prague, when I was alerted to his health condition by his son Thomas from the USA. It was not certain whether he would catch his father alive (he came 5 min. after I entered the room). Just before my arrival, Sister Dominika from the Prague Archbishopric left. I took perhaps the last photograph of the General, just like the last photograph of Milan Paumer, a member of the resistance group of the Mašín brothers.. .The events of June 25th - among 33 news items - did not find a place...
Detailed biography from which I quote: In 1966 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the Air Force and appointed Chief of Staff of the Fighter Bomber Aviation Regiment in Pardubice and in the autumn of 1967 he was transferred to the position of Deputy Commander of the Hradec Králové Airport. There he was also caught up in the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, where he committed a heroic act and gave the command to block the Polish Air Force landing at Hradec Kralove airport. On the approach, the Polish pilots threatened to let the planes crash into the city, so Commander Cerovsky gave permission to land at the airport at the cost of being captured by the Czech command and being shot. After a short time the Russian command cancelled this threat.
The education of children is failing, they are bombarded, like adults, with "fairy tales and goodness" almost daily on CT. They have no idea about real heroes, they lack motivating examples. A country that encourages this and does not address it will not have a "fighting" generation, but an obedient one with appropriate consequences for the life of society and its future. It all starts with upbringing, education and personal example. I recommend J. A. Bata' s speech EDUCATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP, delivered to the Congress of Czechoslovak Teachers in Zlín on August 5, 1938. Let us not remove all obstacles for the children; they must also learn to remove them themselves. Only in this way will they grow into full-fledged citizens for the benefit of themselves and their country. The purpose of education is not to fill the mind, but to open it!
It was an honour for me in 2017, during the commemoration of the Battle of Zborov, to conduct the launch of the new book of Col. let. Ing. Zbyněk Čeřovský "Disasters of the Czechoslovak Military Air Force 1918 - 1990 Volume One", together with Col. Dr. Jaroslav Sýkora. Honour his memory and legacy! JŠ
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