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head of a chemical plant in Ostrava
Became first a settlement officer then head of a chemical plant in Ostrava. As a member of the Central Committee of the Association of Foreign Soldiers in Prague and the executive of this association in Ostrava he became the target for attack by communist officials who tried to subordinate this orga...
volunteered to join the Czech army in exile in France
February 1940 he volunteered to join the Czech army in exile in France. Arrived in Marseille 3rd April 1940, then moved to Agde Camp on 4th April where he reported for duty under General Ingr to the Army 6./2 Squadron (Czech army under French command about 5,000 strong). Germans invaded France 10/5/...
War History
September 1938 - German occupation of Sudetenland October 1938 - national mobilisation of Czech Army 14.3.39 German troops invaded Ostrava and 15.3.39 they invaded Prague and the rest of Czechoslovakia September 1939 Poland invaded by Germany Jindrich’s mother died in Ostrava 2nd September 193...
Early Years 1911-1929
Born 12 March 1911 in Moravian Ostrava, in the region of Moravia Silesia, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Son of Alois and Kamilla Fleischner nee Hecterova. Alois ran/owned a timber/lumber business. German Grammar School, Ostrava 1921-29 (Deutschen Staatsgymnasium) June 1929 graduated with a sa...