- Jan Opletal
Jan Opletal (
January 1 ,1915 –November 11 ,1939 ) was a student of the Medical Faculty of theCharles University inPrague , who was killed in an anti-Nazi demonstration during the German occupation.On
October 28 ,1939 (anniversary of the independence of the Czechoslovak Republic) there were anti-Nazi demonstrations and riots in Prague, which were suppressed by Nazi forces. Jan Opletal was seriously wounded by a shot to his stomach, and later died onNovember 11 . His funeral onNovember 15 , attended by several thousands of students, turned into another anti-Nazi demonstration. As a result, theReichsprotektor (Nazi-representative in the puppet-state Bohemia and Moravia)Konstantin von Neurath closed all Czech universities and colleges, sent over 1200 students to concentration camps, and had nine students executed (onNovember 17 ).Opletal's remains were transferred into his native village of
Náklo in theOlomouc Region , where there is also a monument to him. Many Czech cities have streets named after him.To commemorate these events,
November 17 is marked asInternational Students Day by theInternational Union of Students and other groups.See also
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Josef Matoušek
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