Jaroslav Karel
1937–2020 (age 83)
Biography
Jaroslav Karel was born in 1937 and passed away in 2020, living eighty-three years through the latter half of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. His life encompassed the Nazi occupation, the communist era, the Velvet Revolution, and the transformation of the Czech Republic in the post-1989 period.
Karel is remembered at Vinohrady Cemetery in Prague, where his memory is preserved. His life represents the experiences of those who lived through Central Europe's most defining moments.