Karel Pavlík (19 October 1900 in Hradové Střímelice – 26 January in 1943 Mauthausen) was a

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( posthumously promoted to colonel) and decorated hero of

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

. Captain Pavlík was a commander of a company that resisted the German occupation. On 14 March 1939 when German troops invaded Czechoslovakia, Pavlík was the Officer Commanding of the 12th machine-gun company of the 8th Infantry Regiment housed in Czajánek's barracks in the town of Místek. After the battle, Pavlík was forced to surrender, and soon the rest of Czechoslovakia fell peacefully to the Germans. Pavlík joined a resistance group called ''Za Vlast'' ("For the country"), which helped Czechoslovak pilots flee to Allied nations. Then he moved to Prague where he joined another resistance group, '' Obrana národa'', and cooperated with Václav Morávek. After the betrayal of Ladislav Vaněk in the group ''Jindra'', Pavlík was captured by the

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and imprisoned at Mauthausen. After torture and questioning he was shot. His body was never found and his symbolic grave is in

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by Mihail Kozemyakin 1900 births 1943 deaths People from Prague-East District People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Czechoslovak Army officers Czech resistance members Czech people executed by Nazi Germany Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany People who died in Mauthausen concentration camp Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps Czech people who died in Nazi concentration camps People executed by Nazi Germany by firearm Recipients of Medal of Heroism (Czech Republic) {{CzechRepublic-mil-bio-stub