Alois Vocásek

Alois Vocásek (13 April 1896 - 9 August 2003) was the last surviving Czechoslovakian veteran of the First World War[1] and the last survivor of the Battle of Zborov in Ukraine. He was one of thousands of Czechs and Slovaks who broke with the Austro-Hungarian monarchy to fight for the future Czechoslovak state as members of the Czechoslovak Legions. He was later controversial because of his membership in the Czech fascist/nationalist organisation Vlajka in the 1930s.[1]

He was the oldest member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Czech Republic.[2] He is buried at the Olšany Cemetery.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "Hrdinové: poslední dva žijící veteráni I. světové války - tn.cz" (in Czech). TV Nova. http://tn.nova.cz/magazin/historie/lide/hrdinove-posledni-dva-zijici-veterani-i-svetove-valky.html. Retrieved 24 May 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Jetelina Bedřich (August 13, 2003). "Zemřel nejstarší žijící český adventista" (in Czech). Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Czech Republic. http://www.casd.cz/index.php?ID=957. Retrieved September 10, 2011.