Milan Paumer

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Milan Paumer

Milan Paumer (born April 7, 1931 in Kolín , † July 22, 2010 in Prague ) was a Czech activist and part of the anti-communist resistance in Czechoslovakia .

Life

After the war, Milan Paumer learned the trade of a machinist before studying at the engineering school in Kolín.

Since 1942 he was with the sons of General Josef Mašín , Ctirad and Josef jr. friends. After the Czechoslovak communists came to power in February 1948 , he participated with them in organizing and carrying out acts of sabotage and raids on police stations, in which police officers were also killed.

In 1952 Paumer began his military service and was transferred to the military academy in Martin , Slovakia .

He belonged to a group of five who decided in early October 1953 to emigrate to the west. After a dramatic 29-day escape through the GDR , he and the Mašín brothers managed to get to West Berlin , killing four police officers and seriously injuring two. Two members of the group, Zbyněk Janata and Václav Švéda , were arrested, extradited to Czechoslovakia and executed.

After his arrival in the USA , Paumer joined the anti-communist special unit CIC of the US Army , for which he was also deployed in the Korean War. After five years of service, he settled in Miami , Florida , where he worked as a maintenance technician in aircraft yards and as a taxi driver. In 1998 he retired as the owner of a taxi company.

After a Czech court of appeal had declared the Mašín Group's actions to be statute-barred in 1995, Paumer returned to the Czech Republic in 2001, where he took an active part in political events.

  • as an honorary member of the Political Prisoners Club
  • as honorary member of the Czech Scout Tribe 53 "Brothers Mašín"
  • as a member of the Conservative Party
  • as a candidate for the European Parliament
  • as patron of the Mladá pravice (Young Rights) civil association

In the regional elections in 2008 he ran unsuccessfully in the Central Bohemian Region on the candidate list of the Konzervativní koalice . In 2009 Paumer took part in a conference on resistance and opposition to communist regimes and received the closing remarks after the discussion.

After a long illness, Paumer died on July 22, 2010 in Prague.

Honors

On March 4, 2008, Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek awarded him the plaque of honor of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.

Private life

Paumer was single and had a brother who had stayed in the Czech Republic.

See also

Web links

Commons : Milan Paumer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Anti-communist fighter Milan Paumer dies ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pragues Daily Monitor @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.praguemonitor.com
  2. ↑ a b c Controversial Paumer came home in: The Prague Post, June 20, 2007
  3. ↑ a b c Memo From Prague: 3 Czech Friends, Cast as Heroes and as Murderers in: New York Times, June 2, 2008
  4. ↑ 50 years ago: Luckau War - The persecution of a group of armed Czechs in the GDR ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Deutschlandradio from October 10, 2003 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dradio.de
  5. ↑ Czechs torn over US nuclear treaty with Russia in: USA today
  6. ↑ a b Anti-communist rebel Milan Paumer honored by prime minister  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Czech Republic News of March 4, 2008:@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.prague-czech-republic-accommodation.com  
  7. ↑ Candidáti Konzervativní koalice ve Středočeském kraji ve volbách do zastupitelstev krajů 2008 na volby.cz
  8. ↑ Conference on Resistance and Opposition Against Communist Regimes concluede
  9. ↑ Member of group who shot their way across Iron Curtain in 1950s Milan Paumer dies at 79 ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.allvoices.com
  10. ↑ Premier honors another member of the Mašín Brothers resistance group, now it's the turn of a social discussion about the past , press release of the Czech government from March 4, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Paumer, Milan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech activist; belonged to the anti-communist resistance in Czechoslovakia
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Kolín
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 2010
Place of death Prague