Růžena Vacková

She studied a classic grammar school in Vyškov and graduated from Gymnázium třída Kapitána Jaroše in Brno in 1920.

At that time, she also converted to Catholicism and after World War II she participated in the activities of the Czech catholic circles, inspired by the Croatian Jesuit Tomislav Kolakovic.

At the first after-February meeting of the professors of the Faculty of Arts she was again the only one who protested against expulsion of the students who had participated in the march from school.

If the participation in the march was the reason for the expulsion of the students, then I wish to share their fate.After the University banned her from lecturing at the beginning of the 1950s, she continued her activities.

She was arrested in 1951 and in 1952 she was sentenced to 22 years of jail for espionage and high treason during the process of Ota Mádr and his associates.

During the Normalization period, she organised home seminars for mainly young people and gave lectures on spirituality and art history.