Josef Beneš

1876–1957 (age 81)

Biography

Josef Beneš was born in 1876, making him a witness to the final decades of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the subsequent emergence of Czechoslovakia. His long life encompassed dramatic transformations in Central European history and society.

Beneš passed away in 1957 at an advanced age, having lived through multiple epochs of profound change. He was interred at Brno Central Cemetery, his life representing a bridge between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the Brno region.

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