Ethnicity Polish Name Wladyslaw Santarius | Citizenship Czechoslovak | |
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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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