Josef Skřivan (10 August 1902 – 4 November 1942) was a Czech actor. He was active in theatre and film between 1920 and 1937. A resistance member, he was arrested by the Gestapo in October 1941 and was executed at

Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It con ...

in 1942.

Select filmography

*'' Jménem Jeho Veličenstva'' (1928) *'' Pudr a benzin'' (1931) *'' Peníze nebo život'' (1932) *'' Hej rup'' (1934) *'' Ztratila se Bílá paní'' (1937)

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* 1902 births 1942 deaths Male actors from Prague Czech male stage actors Czech male film actors 20th-century Czech male actors Czech resistance members Czechoslovak civilians killed in World War II Czech people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Czech people executed in Nazi concentration camps People killed by gas chamber by Nazi Germany Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps {{CzechRepublic-actor-stub