Jan Jesenský Jr.
Template:Expand Czech Jan Jesenský Jr. ((5 March 1904 – 24 October 1942) was a Czech scientist and a member of the Resistance during World War II.
Jesenský was born in Prague to Milada and František Jesenský.[1] He was a cousin of the writer Milena Jesenská.[2]
In 1922 he enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University; after his graduation he published several monographs, mainly in the area of dentistry.[3]
In 1927 he married Dr. Alžběta Guttmannová.[3]
He worked with his uncle Professor Jan Jesenský at Prague Stomatologic Clinic, assistant professor at Prague University.[3]
After the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Hitler, he became a member of a secret military resistance organisation. In 1942 he was arrested by the Gestapo; his wife Alžběta, brother Jiří and sister-in-law Žofia were also arrested and taken to the Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria where all four of them died on October 24, 1942.[2]
In 1946 he was awarded the Czechoslovak Medal of Honour War Cross.[3]
A plaque in the centre of Prague commemorates Alžběta and Jan Jesenská.[2]
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