Alexy, Janko b. January 25, 1894 d. September 22, 1970 Artist. An important member of a strong generation of Slovak painters that included Mudroch, Cemicky, Bazovsky, Benka, Galanda, Fulla, Zelibsky, and Mally. Cause of death: Natural causes Slavicie Udolie (Lark Valley), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
Bathory, Elizabeth b. 1560 d. 1614 Countess born in Transylvania during the seventeenth century. She believed that she could preserve her youth with the blood of young girls, and had them brought to her castle in Hungary and then murdered and drained of their blood. She usually bathed in a vat of her victims blood. This went on for ten years, until one of her intended victims escaped and alerted the authorities to her evil ways. Her castle was raided on December 30, 1610, and at least fifty dead bodies were exhumed. It is...[Read More] Cachtice Castle, Nove Mesto, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
Cikker, Jan b. July 29, 1911 d. December 21, 1989 Slovak modern classical composer of international repute. His opera works include Beg Bajazid, Mr. Scrooge, Juro Janosik, Vzkriesenie (Resurrection). A professor at the Academy of Music in Bratislava after 1951. Cause of death: Natural causes Slavicie Udolie (Lark Valley), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
Dubcek, Alexander b. November 27, 1921 d. November 7, 1992 Slovak politician, leader of the "Prague Spring" in Czechoslovakia, in 1968. This movement was suppressed by Russian army, along with military forces from Poland and East Germany – the Warsaw Pact,in August 1968. After the change on 1989, Dubcek was, till his death, the president of parliament in Czechoslovakia. Cause of death: Auto accident Slavicie Udolie (Lark Valley), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
Kral, Frano b. March 9, 1903 d. January 3, 1955 Novelist specializing in works for youth. Born in the US and returned to poor conditions in Slovakia with his mother at the age of two. His texts describe the conditions of the working poor. Cause of death: Tuberculosis Slavicie Udolie (Lark Valley), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
Kubala, Otomar b. 1906 d. 1946 Originally a teacher, Mr. Kubala entered into politics after the creation of the first Slovak Republic. While he headed the national guard, Kubala was very active in organizing collaborationist activities. He was arrested and sentenced to death after the war. Cause of death: Executed for war crimes Martinsky Cintorin (Martin's cemetery), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia