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12-22-2005, 06:20 AM
One of the (last) greatest heroes of my nation died yesterday ...
Resistance fighter General Pernicky dies
PRAGUE- Famous World War Two resistance fighter General Rudolf Pernicky died this afternoon, Magda Thomesova, the spokeswoman for the Central Military Hospital, said.
Pernicky, 90, died after a long disease connected with a complicated diabetes.
Pernicky, a former paratrooper, was among the most outstanding Czech fighters against the Nazi rule.
President Vaclav Klaus bestowed upon him the Order of White Lion this year, on the national holiday on October 28.
Pernicky left Czechoslovakia abroad to struggle for its independence in 1939. Five years later, he was parachuted to the former Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, but by mistake he and his fellow soldier landed near Kutna Hora in Central Bohemia, instead of Nove Mesto na Morave in Moravia.
Due to the fault, they had to cover an 80-kilometre distance, when they had to hide all the time. They reached their destination quite exhausted and with numerous frostbites. After the 1948 communist coup, Pernicky had to spend several years in forced labour camps, including the uranium mines. He was only rehabilitated after the fall of the Communist regime in 1989.
Link (http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=163997)
Resistance fighter General Pernicky dies
PRAGUE- Famous World War Two resistance fighter General Rudolf Pernicky died this afternoon, Magda Thomesova, the spokeswoman for the Central Military Hospital, said.
Pernicky, 90, died after a long disease connected with a complicated diabetes.
Pernicky, a former paratrooper, was among the most outstanding Czech fighters against the Nazi rule.
President Vaclav Klaus bestowed upon him the Order of White Lion this year, on the national holiday on October 28.
Pernicky left Czechoslovakia abroad to struggle for its independence in 1939. Five years later, he was parachuted to the former Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, but by mistake he and his fellow soldier landed near Kutna Hora in Central Bohemia, instead of Nove Mesto na Morave in Moravia.
Due to the fault, they had to cover an 80-kilometre distance, when they had to hide all the time. They reached their destination quite exhausted and with numerous frostbites. After the 1948 communist coup, Pernicky had to spend several years in forced labour camps, including the uranium mines. He was only rehabilitated after the fall of the Communist regime in 1989.
Link (http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=163997)