Josef Záruba
1892–1944 (age 52)
Biography
Josef Záruba was born in 1892 and lived through a period of dramatic transformation in Prague and Czechoslovakia. His life encompassed the transition from imperial rule to independence and the subsequent challenges of the interwar and wartime periods.
Záruba passed away in 1944 during the Nazi occupation, having witnessed the rise and fall of the First Czechoslovak Republic. He was laid to rest in Vinohrady Cemetery, remembered as a member of a generation that experienced unprecedented historical change.