Jaroslav Mrňous
1898–1920 (age 22)
Biography
Jaroslav Mrňous was a young man whose life unfolded during the transformative final years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the early years of Czechoslovak independence. Born in 1898, he came of age during one of the most significant periods in Czech history, witnessing the birth of a new nation.
Though his life was tragically brief, ending in 1920 at the age of twenty-two, Mrňous represented the promising youth of his generation in Brno. His memory endures as part of the historical record of those young people whose lives were shaped by the momentous events of the early 20th century.