Composed at the request of Peter Machajdik’s
classmate from the gymnasium (high school) in
Bratislava, organist Jan Kusenda.
In the late 1970s, Vladimir Krcmery went to the same
gymnasium as Peter Machajdik and Jan
Kusenda.
Vladimir Krcmery (23 July 1960 – 20 December 2022)
was a Slovak physician, humanitarian and academic. He
was born in Bratislava to a Catholic family. His uncle
Silvester Krcmery was among the...(+)
3 organ meditations in memory of Vladimír Krcmery
Composed at the request of Peter Machajdik’s
classmate from the gymnasium (high school) in
Bratislava, organist Jan Kusenda.
In the late 1970s, Vladimir Krcmery went to the same
gymnasium as Peter Machajdik and Jan
Kusenda.
Vladimir Krcmery (23 July 1960 – 20 December 2022)
was a Slovak physician, humanitarian and academic. He
was born in Bratislava to a Catholic family. His uncle
Silvester Krcmery was among the leaders of the Catholic
dissent, working underground in the opposition to the
Communist regime and spending much of his life in
prison.
As a doctor, Vladimir Krcmery became known as a
prominent specialist in the area of tropical medicine.
In 2007 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the
University of Scranton.
Krcmery was the founder of the St. Elizabeth
University of Health and Social Work (SEU), which
trained medical and social work professionals. Kr?méry
used the college as a basis for his humanitarian work,
setting up medical facilities across the developing
world, including in Kenya, Cambodia and Haiti. Since
2015, the college became active in providing medical
assistance to refugees travelling through Slovakia as
well as Balkan countries.
Vladimir Krcmery was a prominent member of the
government advisory team during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Due to his prominent role in the vaccination campaign,
Krcmery and his family became a target of anti-vaxxers,
who physically threatened him and his family.
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