Ladislav Sitenský (7 August 1919 – 14 November 2009) was a
Czech
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* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
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** Czechs, the people of the area
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landscape photographer, well-known for his photography from
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, when he was a technician for the
Czech wing of the Royal Air Force. After 1989 he was gradually promoted to the rank of colonel. In October 2007 Sitenský was awarded the
Medal of Merit in the field of culture and art by President
Václav Klaus
Václav Klaus (; born 19 June 1941) is a Czech economist and politician who served as the second president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013. From July 1992 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in January 1993, he served as the second ...
.
References
External links
Radio Prague- extensive biography
Official website
Czech photographers
1919 births
2009 deaths
Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
Photographers from Prague
Czechoslovak artists
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