Abstract
Josef Cardinal Beran, after theological studies in Rome, worked as a teacher and pastoral worker in Chyše and Prague; from 1942 to 1945, he was imprisoned by the Nazis. In 1946, he was appointed the archbishop of Prague.
In 1949, he was arrested and after two years of house arrest in the Archbishop's Palace he was interned at various places in Bohemia until 1963. After his release from internment, he was forbidden to exercise archiepiscopal office.
He stayed in Mukařov and Radvanov. In February 1965, Pope Paul VI appointed him a cardinal.
On that occasion, Josef Beran was allowed to go Rome, but he was not permitted to return to his homeland.