Josef "Harry" Jelinek (1905–1982) was a Czechoslovak
con artist and publisher of Nazi propaganda, who is reputed to have fraudulently sold the
Karlštejn Castle
Karlštejn Castle ( cs, hrad Karlštejn; german: Burg Karlstein) is a large Gothic castle founded in 1348 by Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor-elect and King of Bohemia. The castle served as a place for safekeeping the Imperial Regalia as well ...
to American industrialists in 1945.
Biography
Jelinek was born 14 October 1905 in
Vlašim
Vlašim (; german: Wlaschim) is a town in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. Vlašim is known for its castle and English style park.
Administrative parts
Villages of Bolina, D ...
,
Austria-Hungary and died in
Guarene d'Alba
Guarene is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located in the area of Roero about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo.
It is part of the Roero historical region. Main sights inc ...
, Italy in 1982.
Czech Dictionary
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References
Further reading
* Kolektiv: ''Slovník odpovědných redaktorů a šéfredaktorů legálního českého denního tisku v letech 1939 až 1945'', Charles University in Prague : Prague 2007.
* Tomáš Pasák: ''Soupis legálních novin, časopisů a úředních věstníků v českých zemích z let 1939-1945''. Charles University in Prague in 1979.
* Jana Čechurová: ''Podvodník velkého stylu Harry Jelínek'', in ''Falza a podvody české historie''. Akropolis Prague 2001.
* Arno Bělohlávek, Karel Dobeš : ''Neprodal jen Karlštejn''. Mladá fronta Praha 1984
1905 births
1982 deaths
People from Vlašim
Confidence tricksters
Czechoslovak fraudsters
Impostors
Czechoslovak emigrants to Italy
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