Karel Zika

1898–1918 (age 20)

Biography

Karel Zika belonged to a generation whose promise was barely gestated before the great upheavals of the early twentieth century; his presence in Prague was marked by steady kindness and a willingness to assist neighbors in need.

He rests now at Olšany Cemetery, a youthful reminder of how many lives were abbreviated and how every life, however short, helped shape the community around it.