Alois Vocásek | |
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Born | Pečky, Austria-Hungary | 18 April 1896
Died | 9 August 2003 Prague, Czech Republic | (aged 107)
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Battles/wars | World War I |
Other work | 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]