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František Wiendl

František Wiendl

  • Jun 27

    Czech resistance figure František Wiendl, who faced both Nazi and communist regimes, dies at 102

    The Klatovy native survived six years in Jáchymov uranium mines and helped 28 people flee across the Šumava border before becoming a founding member of the Confederation of Political Prisoners after the Velvet Revolution.

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