Jaroslav Ondroušek
Jaroslav Ondroušek (born June 23, 1923 in Říčany u Brna near Brno , † May 25, 1943 in Breslau ) was a Czech resistance fighter against the German occupation of Czechoslovakia .
Life
Jaroslav Ondroušek came from the small town Říčany u Brna. After graduating from high school, he began studying . From 1939 he worked illegally against the German occupiers. Because a spy betrayed him, he was arrested by the Gestapo and held in the Kounic dormitory , which was then the Gestapo prison. He was charged and a court sentenced him to death . On May 25, 1943, he was executed in Breslau.
After the verdict, he wrote a farewell letter to his parents on May 10, 1943, which was published in a volume of Literary Letters and has thus become known worldwide.
literature
- Center for political beauty (ed.): To posterity. Latest news and testimonies from Nazi victims against forgetting , Berlin 2019, p. 170, ISBN 978-3-00-064453-5
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ To posterity. Latest news and testimonies from Nazi victims against forgetting, Berlin 2019, p. 170, ISBN 978-3-00-064453-5
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ondroušek, Jaroslav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak resistance fighter against the German occupation |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Říčany u Brna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1943 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |