Jan Jebavý

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Jan Jebavý ( May 10, 1908 in Brno - October 1, 1942 in Mauthausen ) was a Czech ophthalmologist and was posthumously proclaimed an associate professor at Masaryk University on June 20, 1947 . During the occupation he joined the Obrana národa (Defense of the Nation) resistance group . He was arrested for this in October 1941 and deported to Mauthausen concentration camp the following year with the note “return undesirable” .

Life

Jan Jebavý was the son of Bohumila Jebavá (nee Tomková) and Rudolf Jebavý. He attended the 1st Czech State High School in Brno and graduated on June 8, 1926. He then studied medicine at Masaryk University and specialized in ophthalmology. He received his doctorate on May 27, 1933. From 1937 to 1941 he taught at Masaryk University and was there from 1937 as an assistant.

On March 20, 1936 he married Svatava Jebavá (nee Gallusová), a teacher. With her he had a daughter, Hana, who was born on June 17, 1937 .

Jan Jebavý was a track and field athlete and was a member of the Board of Directors of Sokols Brno Jana Máchala County.

On September 1, 1939, he was arrested as part of the Albrecht I campaign because of his Sokol membership and remained in custody in the Spielberg Fortress until October 10, 1939 . Released again, he joined the resistance and belonged to the organization Obrana národa (Defense of the Nation). He was therefore arrested again on October 8, 1941, and on November 27, 1941 he was indicted before the court martial in Brno, sentenced and handed over to the [[Secret State Police <Gestapo]]. On January 20, 1942, he was brought to Mauthausen with the note “return undesirable”, where he was murdered on October 1, 1942 by an injection into the heart.

Honors

  • Czechoslovak War Cross 1939 , posthumously
  • By resolution of the President of the Republic of June 20, 1947, Jebavý was appointed Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Masaryk University with retroactive effect from May 1, 1942.

Memorials

The following memorials were erected for Jan Jebavý:

  • On September 7, 1946, a monument was unveiled in the stadium of Sokol Brno I.
  • On November 23, 1947, a memorial plaque was unveiled in Sokol Brno I for the victims of the Second World War .
  • On November 23, 1947 a bust with a memorial plaque for the victims of the Second World War from among the students and teachers in the grammar school třída Kpt. Jaroše 14/03 was unveiled.
  • On May 6, 1950, a memorial plaque for the victims of World War II was unveiled from among the students, staff and teachers of the faculty in the Medical Faculty of Masaryk University.
  • On September 17, 2014, Gunter Demnig laid a stumbling block in Heinrichova 215/30.
Stumbling block for Jan Jebavý

ZDE ŽIL
PROF. JAN JEBAVÝ NAR.
1908
ZATČEN 1941
V BRNĚ
ZAVRAŽDĚN 1.10.1942
V MAUTHAUSENU

HERE LIVED
PROF. January Jebavy
GEB. IN 1908
ARRESTED
IN BRNO,
MURDERED October 1st, 1942
IN MAUTHAUSEN

Stumbling block for Jan Jebavy.JPG

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Individual evidence and explanations

  1. ↑ At the beginning of the war, the "Aktion Albrecht I" (Czech: Zatýkací akce Albrecht der Erste) was directed against thousands of Czech intellectuals and potential oppositionists who were arrested and treated as hostages in the Czech radio broadcast for preventive intimidation of the population .
  2. ↑ Today's Brno "Heinrichova" has only been called "Heinrichova" since September 25, 1946 after the Brno journalist Arnošt Heinrich (1880–1933), during Jan Jebavý's time it was called Grillparzerova, in the First Republic (1919–1939) it was also called Šeříková .
personal data
SURNAME Jebavý, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ophthalmologist and university professor, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1942
Place of death Mauthausen