World War Memorial - Bratcice, Czech Republic - World War II Memorials / Monuments on Waymarking.com

Almost every village in the current Czech Republic (former Czechoslovakia) has a monument devoted to the victims of WWI and WWII. Among the victims of WWII were also civilians who participated in home resistance against German occupiers or died in German concentration camps. The monuments also mention the names of soldiers of the former Czechoslovak army.

This memorial plaque is located on the wall of childhod home of Jaks family. The inscription on the plaque talks about of heroism their members:

CZ
V tomto dome se narodili bratri
JAKŠOVÉ
JOŽKA, clen ilegální skupiny KSC
nar. 25. 10 . 1913. Umucen
v nemeckém konc. tábore
13. 3. 1942 v Mathausenu

VILDA, por. zahranicního letectva
nar. 25. 4. 1910, padl 21. 8. 1943

Zemreli aby národ žil.

Upomínka na jejich otce
JOSEFA JAKŠE
nar. 25. 2. 1983, padl 16.6.1916
v první svetové válce


EN
Brothers JAKS were born in this house
JOŽKA, a member of illegal group the KSC
born 25.10. 1913. Tortured
in the German concentration camp
March 13, 1942 in Mathausen.

VILDA, Lieutenant of the Foreign Air Force
born 25 April 1910, died on 21 August 1943.

They died to live the nation.

A reminder of their father
JOSEF JAKŠ
born February 25, 1983, fell 16 June 1916
in the WWI

Property Permission: Private Access instructions: free Location of waymark: Bratčice, Czech Republic Commemoration: Czech citizens and soldiers fallen in the fight for freedom of the nation and country Date of Dedication: Not listed Access times: Not listed Website for Waymark: Not listed

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