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Władysław Santarius

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Ethnicity
  
Polish

Occupation
  
Lutheran pastor

Name
  
Wladyslaw Santarius

Citizenship
  
Czechoslovak

Religion
  
Lutheranism

Wladyslaw Santarius
Born
  
November 12, 1915 (
1915-11-12
)
Stonava, Austrian Silesia

Died
  
June 5, 1989(1989-06-05) (aged 73) Havirov, Czechoslovakia

Władysław Santarius (also known as Vladislav Santarius) (12 November 1915 in Stonava, Austrian Silesia – 5 June 1989 in Havířov, Czechoslovakia) was a Polish Lutheran Evangelical pastor, one of the most significant Christian leaders in Czechoslovakia during the Communist era. He was leader of revivalist movement in Cieszyn Silesia and because of it he was persecuted (but never jailed).

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Władysław Santarius Wikipedia