Niva and the liberation of Strakonice

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The town of Strakonice was liberated from German rule by the local inhabitants even before the arrival of the American army. On 5 May 1945, the town saw the outbreak of an anti-German uprising led by the Niva resistance organisation. This illegal group was formed in the regions of Strakonice and Domažlice in the winter of 1944/1945. It was commanded by Lieutenant V. Bláha, who acted on the orders of the Council of Three and was entertaining foreign contacts. On 5 May 1945, the members of this group disarmed the Germans based in Strakonice. One of the participants in the uprising was Ladislav Hošek. The uprising went quite smoothly except for a skirmish between the Niva members and German soldiers which broke out in the street that nowadays bears the name of 5th May and claimed the lives of several young men. On 6 May 1945, the 94th Division of the U.S. Army arrived in the already liberated town from the direction of Vimperk and the war in Strakonice was officially over.

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Ladislav Hošek

Ladislav Hošek was born on 4 August 1924, in Čkyně. He grew up in Strakonice. In 1942, he graduated from a three-year vocational business school, then completed a course on design. He continued with his studies at a business school from which he graduated after the war. In 1942, as liaison officer, he got involved in the activities of an illegal resistance group commanded by Antonín Svatoš. He supplied information from the ČZ arms factory where he was on forced labour. Later he also engaged in the operation of an illegal regional resistance group called Niva. During the May uprising in Strakonice, he was arresting by the Nazis as a member of the Niva group. After the war, he worked as a teacher.

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Strakonice, U.S. Army liberation monument

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In the neighborhood of the Strakonice castle, in the Na Dubovci Street, there’s a memorial plaque commemorating the liberation by the U.S. Army. The original memorial plaque on Stein’s palace was revealed as early as 1945. However, it was removed after 1948 as part of a campaign playing down the share of the U.S. Army in the liberation of Czechoslovakia. It was unveiled again in 1990. The monument to the victims of WWI and WWII takes the form of a young man and it was created by the sculptor Jan Vítězslav Dušek. It was created on the initiative of the Union of Anti-fascist Fighters and was officially unveiled in 1958. In 2006, it was reconstructed and supplemented with texts.

Strakonice, U.S. Army liberation monument

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Niva and the liberation of Strakonice

Ladislav Hošek