Hanuš Fantl
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Hanuš Fantl (born December 16, 1917 Chrast near Chrudim ; † March 18, 1942 in Mauthausen concentration camp ) was a Czech poet and victim of National Socialism.
Fantl was the youngest of five children in a Jewish family. He lived in Prague with his wife Helena . In October 1941 Fantl was arrested for his work in the resistance against the occupation of the country and taken to Mauthausen concentration camp; there he was shot on March 18, 1942. Collections of his poems written between 1938 and 1941 were published in the 1950s and 1960s.
Works
- Píseň vzdoruje noci (poems from 1938 to 1940 published posthumously in Prague by the Mladá fronta publishing house, 1955)
literature
- František Kafka: Hanuš Fantl - neumlčený básník Havlíčkův Brod, Východočes. nakl. 1964
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.ghetto-theresienstadt.de/pages/f/fantlh.htm Short biography on a website about the Theresienstadt ghetto
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fantl, Hanuš |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chrast |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1942 |
| Place of death | Mauthausen concentration camp |