František Wiendl (1923) - Records

Project: Iron Curtain Stories, Stories of the 20th Century TV
Institution: Istarsko povijesno društvo, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Post Bellum, Post Bellum SK, The Institute for the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, The Memorial to the Victims of Communism and to the Anticommunist Resistance

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Born on December 31, 1923
A learned mason, studied the technical college of construction in Plzeň
Joined the second and the third resistance with his father František Wiendl senior
During WWII, a member of the resistance group Lidice, Niva in Klatovy, participated in the uprising in Klatovy in May 1945
1948-1949 anti-Communist resistance – leaflets, inscriptions, taking people across the border
Arrested on November 20, 1949, taken into pre-trial custody
December 1950 – sentenced to 18 years in prison for treason – anti-state group of MUDr. Krbec, agent-walker Alois Suttý
Held in prisons in the Jáchymov region – camps Eliáš, Nikolaj, „L“ in Vykmanov, Rovnost, camp „C“
Pankrác – worked in project design
Conditionally released in 1960
The president of a branch of the Confederation of political prisoners in Klatovy, Sokol

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09/12/2010

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17/11/2013

Interview recorded in the framework of the project: Stories of the 20th Century TV, language Czech.

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