Alois Vocásek Explained

Alois Vocásek
Birth Date:1896 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Pečky, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Prague, Czech Republic
Branch: Czechoslovak Legions
Battles:World War I

Russian Civil War

Laterwork:Fascist organisation Vlajka in the 1930s

Alois Vocásek (13 April 1896 – 9 August 2003) was the last surviving Czechoslovakian veteran of the World War I and the last survivor of the Battle of Zborov in Ukraine. He was one of thousands of Czechs and Slovaks who broke with the Austro-Hungarian monarchy to fight for the future Czechoslovak state as members of the Czechoslovak Legions. He was later controversial because of his membership in the Czech fascist/nationalist organisation Vlajka in the 1930s.[1]

He was the oldest member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Czech Republic. He is buried at the Olšany Cemetery.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/oldest-czech-legionnaire-was-never-able-to-clear-tarnished-reputation Oldest Czech legionnaire was never able to clear tarnished reputation
  2. Web site: Zemřel nejstarší žijící český adventista . Jetelina Bedřich . 13 August 2003 . Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Czech Republic . 10 September 2011 . Czech .