Jan Kňákal

1883–1945 (age 62)

Biography

Jan Kňákal was born in 1883 in Bohemia. He lived through the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the creation of Czechoslovakia, and the turbulent interwar period that followed.

Kňákal died in 1945 at an advanced age, during the final months of World War II. He was interred in the National Cemetery in Terezín, a solemn place of remembrance for those who perished during this tragic era in Czech history.

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