Ladislav Šimek
1920–1945 (age 25)
Biography
Ladislav Šimek was born in 1920 and came of age during the interwar years in Czechoslovakia. His life was tragically cut short in 1945, during the final year of World War II.
Ladislav is remembered at the National Cemetery in Terezín, a place of solemn remembrance. He represents the generation whose formative years were marked by the profound upheavals of the twentieth century.