Evžen Rošický (15 October 1914

Olomouc Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ...

– 25 June 1942

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) was a Czechoslovak

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and

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. Prague's

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is named after him. He just missed qualifying in the heats of the

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in the 1936 Olympics Games. During

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, he and his father

Jaroslav Rošický Jaroslav Rošický (19 September 1884, Třešť – 25 June 1942, Prague) was a Czech army officer. As a soldier he participated in World War I, fighting in the Austrian army in Russia and Italy. He was injured in 1917 and returned to Brno, later ...

were part of the anti-

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resistance group ''Captain Nemo''. Evžen Rošický and his father were arrested on 18 June 1942, and one week later, on 25 June 1942, they were both executed at the

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in Prague, so he died at the young age of just 27 years.

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1914 births 1942 deaths Sportspeople from Olomouc People from the Margraviate of Moravia Czech journalists Communist Party of Czechoslovakia members Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia People executed at Kobylisy shooting range 20th-century journalists Czechoslovak civilians killed in World War II {{europe-journalist-stub Communists executed by Nazi Germany