Jan Rys-Rozsévac
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Jan Rys-Rozsévač was a Czechoslovakia
n journalist and politician and leader of fascist organisation Vlajka
.
Jan Rozsévač began to study medicine at a university but didn't finish his studies. In 1936 he joined Vlajka
(in Czech the flag), a nationalistic organisation founded in 1930. At the time he adopted pen name Jan Rys. Under this name he published books "Židozednářství - metla lidstva" (Jewish freemasonry - the scourge of humankind, 1938) and "Hilsneriáda a TGM" (Hilsner Affair
and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1939). After the Munich Agreement
in 1938, Vlajka was officially disbanded and Rys-Rozsévač imprisoned. He was released just before the rest of Czechoslovakia was occupied (March 15, 1939) to became leader of Vlajka.
Rys-Rozsévač attempted to establish a mass fascist organization and helped to move Vlajka from traditional anti-German
chauvinism to collaboration with Nazis and Gestapo
. During 1939 - 1940 Vlajka organized mass meetings against politicians of the First Republic of Czechoslovakia
as represented by Masaryk
and Beneš
. The German occupational authorities nevertheless decided to support a group of collaborators around Emanuel Moravec
, his political competitor. Because of constant propaganda
attacks on Moravec, Vlajka was disbanded at the end of 1942 and the leaders, including Rys-Rozsévač, were sent as privileged prisoners into the Dachau concentration camp and transferred to Tyrol
at the end of the war, where he was liberated in early May 1945.
After the war Rys-Rozsévač and three his coworkers (Josef Burda, Jaroslav Čermák and Otakar Polívka) were sentenced to death, and several others to were sentenced to long term imprisonment. Rys-Rozsévač was hanged in Pankrác Prison
.
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
n journalist and politician and leader of fascist organisation Vlajka
Vlajka
Vlajka was the name of a small Czech fascist and nationalist movement, and its corresponding publication. The publication itself was founded in 1928, its first editor being Miloš Maixner; the movement became politically active in the 1930s.- See also :* Viktor Dyk, romantic poet and Vlajka...
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Jan Rozsévač began to study medicine at a university but didn't finish his studies. In 1936 he joined Vlajka
Vlajka
Vlajka was the name of a small Czech fascist and nationalist movement, and its corresponding publication. The publication itself was founded in 1928, its first editor being Miloš Maixner; the movement became politically active in the 1930s.- See also :* Viktor Dyk, romantic poet and Vlajka...
(in Czech the flag), a nationalistic organisation founded in 1930. At the time he adopted pen name Jan Rys. Under this name he published books "Židozednářství - metla lidstva" (Jewish freemasonry - the scourge of humankind, 1938) and "Hilsneriáda a TGM" (Hilsner Affair
Hilsner Affair
The Hilsner Affair was a series of anti-semitic trials following an accusation of blood libel against Leopold Hilsner, a Jewish inhabitant of the village of Polná in Bohemia in 1899 and 1900...
and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1939). After the Munich Agreement
Munich Agreement
The Munich Pact was an agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The Sudetenland were areas along Czech borders, mainly inhabited by ethnic Germans. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without...
in 1938, Vlajka was officially disbanded and Rys-Rozsévač imprisoned. He was released just before the rest of Czechoslovakia was occupied (March 15, 1939) to became leader of Vlajka.
Rys-Rozsévač attempted to establish a mass fascist organization and helped to move Vlajka from traditional anti-German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
chauvinism to collaboration with Nazis and Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
. During 1939 - 1940 Vlajka organized mass meetings against politicians of the First Republic of Czechoslovakia
First Republic of Czechoslovakia
-Independence:The Czechoslovak declaration of independence was published by the Czechoslovak National Council, signed by Masaryk, Štefánik and Beneš on October 18, 1918 in Paris, and proclaimed on October 28 in Prague...
as represented by Masaryk
Tomáš Masaryk
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk , sometimes called Thomas Masaryk in English, was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak politician, sociologist and philosopher, who as an eager advocate of Czechoslovak independence during World War I became the founder and first President of Czechoslovakia, also was...
and Beneš
Edvard Beneš
Edvard Beneš was a leader of the Czechoslovak independence movement, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the second President of Czechoslovakia. He was known to be a skilled diplomat.- Youth :...
. The German occupational authorities nevertheless decided to support a group of collaborators around Emanuel Moravec
Emanuel Moravec
Emanuel Moravec was a pre-war Czechoslovakian army colonel who became aNazi collaborator during World War II....
, his political competitor. Because of constant propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group....
attacks on Moravec, Vlajka was disbanded at the end of 1942 and the leaders, including Rys-Rozsévač, were sent as privileged prisoners into the Dachau concentration camp and transferred to Tyrol
Transport of concentration camp inmates to Tyrol
The Transport of Inmates of German Concentration Camps to Tyrol happened in late April 1945 and led to the only time such prisoners were liberated by German troops.- Transfer and liberation:...
at the end of the war, where he was liberated in early May 1945.
After the war Rys-Rozsévač and three his coworkers (Josef Burda, Jaroslav Čermák and Otakar Polívka) were sentenced to death, and several others to were sentenced to long term imprisonment. Rys-Rozsévač was hanged in Pankrác Prison
Pankrác Prison
Pankrác Prison, officially Prague Pankrác Remand Prison , is a prison in Prague, Czech Republic...
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Literature
- Milan NakonečnýMilan NakonecnýMilan Nakonečný is Czech psychologist and historian. During the normalization, Nakonečný was banned from teaching and publishing...
: Vlajka, 2001, ISBN 80-86183-24-6. Republished as Český fašismus (Czech fascism), 2006, ISBN 80-86226-73-5. Narrative description of Czech fascism and its reprezentants.
External links
- Short biography at Kdo byl kdoKdo byl kdoKdo byl kdo is the name of two major encyclopedic works in Czech, published as books, CD-ROMs and also available online. Their publisher is Libri:* Kdo byl kdo v našich dějinách ve 20...
(in Czech)