Combined WWI and WWII Memorial – Knežice, Czech Republic
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N 50° 15.452 E 015° 20.111
33U E 523892 N 5567318
Combined War Memorial dedicated by local authorities to 26 victims killed during Word War I (1914-1918) and 4 victims killed during Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia and World War II (1939-1945)
Waymark Code: WMNGF5
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/12/2015
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The sandstone memorial consist of statue of a sleeping lion and a small obelisque, where 26 names of local victims of WW I are engraved. Later, after WW 2 another 4 names were engraved on a pedestal of the memorial to honour victims of the village citizens killed during Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia and World War II (1939-1945). The names engraved on the memorial are:
1914-1918
Bašek Josef, Bittman Josef, Hladký Josef, Hlavácek Josef, Jansa František, Mádlo Václav, Mladejovský Otakar, Mocek Ant., Novák Josef, Novák Václav, Novotný František, Prokeš Josef, Rohlícek František, Rohlícek František, Rohlícek Václav, Rehácek Jan, Smutný František, Smutný Štepán, Smutný Václav, Šafarík František, Šovar Edvard, Jirsák Václav, Chráštecký Josef, Bednár Josef, Košátko Josef, Mádlo Jan
1939-1945
Veroslav Rýgl, Anežka Hrabová, Václav Forman, Josef Havránek
Private or Public Monument?: Other
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Residents of the village
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Physical Address of Monument: Kněžice, Czech REpublic 289 02
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