Hacha, Emil b. July 12, 1872 d. June 26, 1945 Czech President. From 1918 to 1938, he served as a judge on the Supreme Administrative Court of the Republic of Czechosolvakia. After the Treaty of Munich and the forced resignation of President Edvard Benes in 1938, Hacha was chosen to serve as President. On March 14, 1939, he met with Adolf Hitler in Berlin and was forced to surrender his nation to Germany. He retained his post after the German occupation of Czechosolvakia, but was forced to swear an oath to Hitler and the Nazis. Early on...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye) Vinohradsky Cemetery, Prague, Prague Capital City, Czech Republic
Havel, Václav b. October 5, 1936 d. December 18, 2011 Czech Author, Statesman. He was the last President of Czechoslovakia (1989 to 1992) and the first President of the Czech Republic (1993 to 2003). An internationally known playwright and dissident, he came to power after the 1989 "Velvet Revolution", the bloodless overthrow of communist rule in his country. Vinohradsky Cemetery, Prague, Prague Capital City, Czech Republic Plot: Havel Family Plot
Simanek, Otto b. April 28, 1925 d. May 8, 1992 Czech Actor. Best remembered for his role of 'Pan Tau' in the TV series (1965-78), and a 1988 "Pan Tau" movie. Born in 1925 in Trest/Czech Republic. Died in 1992 after long illness in a hospital in Prague. (Bio by: The Romancer) Vinohradsky Cemetery, Prague, Prague Capital City, Czech Republic
Zapotocky, Antonin b. December 19, 1884 d. November 13, 1957 Czech President, Communist Party Leader. He helped form the Communist Party of Czechosolvakia in 1921, and was its General Secretary from 1922 to 1925. During the 1930s, as a representative of the Communist Red Trade Unions, Zapotocky organized a strike which proved to be the most wide-spread work stoppage on the European continent during the worldwide depression. In April 1939, after the German takeover of Czechosolvakia, he was arrested for trying to illegally cross into Poland. He was...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye) Vinohradsky Cemetery, Prague, Prague Capital City, Czech Republic
b. July 12, 1872 d. June 26, 1945
