This Thesis focuses on an important personality of Premonstratensian Canonry in Nová Říše, that is Abbot Pavel Jan Souček, who passed away together with the group of his confraters in 1943 in the concentration camp in Auschwitz. The aim of this Thesis is to put forward a written account of Pavel Josef Souček's historical-critical biography and through the mediation of his writings, especially of his private letters and homilies, to enter into his reflections of thoughts and to appraise the importance of this personality for the church in Bohemia.

The work is concerning forms of persecution to members of Seventh-Day Adventist Church in communist Czechoslovakia. Theoretical part describes possible forms of persecution from communist party to this Church and its members. Research part contains testimonies of interviews with addressed respondents with the author, including their experiences of such a persecution in that time. Most respondents were imprisoned during their military service, part of them lost the decree for chaplain work at certain region. Two respondents also experienced persecution in special military units.

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