Vojtěch Luža

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Vojtěch Luža in the interwar period

Vojtěch Luža (born March 26, 1891 in Uherský Brod ; † October 2, 1944 in Hřiště , district of Přibyslav ), later with his full name Vojtěch Boris Luža , was a Czechoslovak soldier, legionnaire , army general in memoriam in the Czechoslovak army , and as a member from resistance groups like Obrana národa a personality of the Czechoslovak resistance 1939–1945 against National Socialism .

Life

After secondary school, Vojtěch Luža attended the technical college in Brno for eight semesters , but after the outbreak of the First World War he had to finish his studies and in 1914 he took the route of a professional soldier. After a course for officers in reserve, he was posted to the Russian Eastern Front in November 1914 . After his capture, he enlisted in the Serbian voluntary division and then, in January 1917, in the Czechoslovak Legions , where he held some command posts and took part in the Battle of Zborów , among other things . In Russia, he joined the Orthodox Church and took the middle name Boris. In April 1920 he returned to Czechoslovakia with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Vojtěch Luža commanded an infantry regiment in Prague and then attended the Vysoká škola válečná (War College) in Prague (until 1923). From 1923 to 1929 he was active in the general staff, from January 1930 to February 1930 he commanded various units in Ružomberok and then became deputy head of the war college, from 1932 head of the same. Several command posts followed in Trenčín and Olomouc . From November 1937 he was state commander in Brno. During the general mobilization in autumn 1938 he was in command of the II Czechoslovak Army in Moravia, stationed near Olomouc .

After the occupation of the country by the Wehrmacht and the proclamation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in March 1939, Luža joined the resistance. He worked in leading bodies of the Obrana národa group and, as such, maintained close contacts with the Prime Minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, General Alois Eliáš , who worked with the resistance. He also worked in the resistance group Petiční výbor Věrni zůstaneme and maintained contacts with the Parsifal group . After both groups were enormously weakened by arrests, he built u. a. with Karel Steiner-Veselý and Josef Grňa the successor organization Přípravný revoluční národní výbor PRNV, from April then also Jaro and above all Rada Tří , whose commander he became. He was in conversation as the commander of the entire armed resistance in the protectorate.

U Němců restaurant in Hřiště, where Luža was shot

From mid-1944 Luža devoted herself to preparations for an uprising and partisan struggle , as they were also taking place in Slovakia, which later led to the Slovak National Uprising there , and requested deliveries of weapons from the government- in- exile in London. During a trip between two bases, however, he and his adjutant Josef Koreš were arrested on October 2, 1944 as a result of treason in a restaurant in Hřiště (today a part of Přibyslav) and shot by protectorate police.

Promotions

Luža's military career progressed in the following steps:

Memorial plaque for V. Luža and J. Koreš at the former restaurant in Hřiště

Awards

Vojtěch Luža has received numerous awards, a selection of which is mentioned here:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f LUŽA Vojtěch Boris Ing. , In: Vojenské osobnosti československého odboje 1939–1945 , Publication of the Historical Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic, AVIS, Prague 2005, p. 178, online (archived) at: vojenskaakademiehranice. ic.cz / ...
  2. ↑ a b c d Přehled popravených, umučených a padlých československých generálů , keyword divizní generál Ing. Vojtěch LUŽA , biography, online at: codyprint.cz/…
  3. ↑ a b divizní generál Vojtěch Boris Luža , short biography of the association Spolek pro vojenská pietní místa, online at: vets.estranky.cz/
  4. ↑ a b Vysoká škola válečná v Praze , in: Eduard Stehlík: Srdce armády (Generální štáb 1919-2009) , publication of the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic, AVIS, Prague 2009 (2nd edition), ISBN 978-80-7278-515- 5 , p. 23, online at: mocr.army.cz/…
  5. ↑ a b Vojtěch Boris Luža , biography of the portal osobnosti.cz, online at: zivotopis.osobnosti.cz/…
  6. ↑ a b divizní generál Ing. Vojtěch Boris Luža , biography of the online encyklopedie.brna, online at: encyklopedie.brna.cz/
personal data
SURNAME Luža, Vojtěch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak general and resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Uherský Brod
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1944
Place of death Hřiště , part of Přibyslav