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Neglected acts of bravery

2014-04-30

Masterminded by a Vice-Consul Mr Vladimir Henzl a Czechoslovak Foreign Military Group was established in the Polish town of Krakow seventy five years ago. F/O Jiri Kral became its leader three weeks later.

The Consul Mr Vladimir Znojemsky and his deputy declined to cede the premises of the Czechoslovak Consulate  in Krakow at 8 Andrzej Potocki  St. to the Germans on Mar 15, 1939. The rest of Bohemian and Moravian territories had been occupied by German troops on that day. Open the text HERE