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Veteran of WW2, western front

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Colonel (ret.) Jaroslav Novák (1921)

born June 6th 1921 in Nové Benátky 1939 graduated from secondary school 1939–1940 escaped from the Protectorate via Hungary, Yugoslavia, and the Middle East to France June 1940 deployed as a telegraphist in the fighting for France, retreat when the Germans ... arrows 


Colonel Josef Novák (1923)

born on March 11, 1923 in Český Těšín started apprenticeship for a tailor at the beginning of the war had to work in a clothing-cleaning shop drafted to the German army – veterinarian unit with the veterinarian unit he was on the western as well as the ... arrows 


Master Sergeant (ret.) Ota Nový (1921)

born on April, 21, in Prague of Jewish extraction, emigration joined the army in 1940 North Africa battle of Tobruk battle of Dunkirk ... arrows 


Captain (ret.) Leo Österreicher (1925)

born on May 24, 1925, in Carpathian Ruthenia in Mukačevo in 1939 he fled to Romania to his father he got to Palestine via Turkey and Cyprus in 1940 he wasn’t accepted to the army because of his low age went to Jerusalem to his father 1942, submitted an ... arrows 


Major Jan Pavlíček (1917)

born December 23rd 1917 in Palkovice near Frýdek-Místek, studied grammar school in Přívoz, began studying at the Czech Technical University in Prague took part in student demonstrations in October 1939, on November 17th he was moved out of a student dorm after ... arrows 


Colonel (ret.) Vladimír Pekárek (1913)

born in Brno in a family of a lawyer brother was a military pilot in Britain during the war served as an assistant nurse in France and Britain studied in Scotland, then served as a doctor in the Royal Army Medical Corps in England, later overseas after the ... arrows 


General (ret.) František Peřina (1911 - 2006)

a true fighter pilot ace among WWII pilots, became a legendary pilot of World War II nicknamed General of the Skies born April 8, 1911 in Morkůvky near Břeclav became one of the best fighter pilots of the then Czechoslovakia excellent representative of his ... arrows 


Captain (ret.) Josef Pochman (1921)

Born nearby Rakovník, attended municipal school Studied military music school and a college of music Emigrated from the Protectorate, captured in Romania and then in Hungary Fled via Yugoslavia (the “eastern route”) to France After the fall of France he fled ... arrows 


Colonel (ret.) Jiří Poláček (1913 - 2008)

born in Prague on March 29th, 1913, spent his childhood in Kolín came of a line of Kolín Jews, whose members died in Auschwitz joined the Army in 1935, participant of the mobilization in 1938 emigration in 1939 voyage on board of the ships Melk and Milos, one ... arrows 


Sergeant Arnošt Polák (1923)

comes from a Jewish family at the age of 16 he and his brother were sent to Britain the next two years he worked as an agricultural worker in 1941, at the age of 18, he joined the Czechoslovak exterritorial army and accomplished basic military training then ... arrows 


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