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Eduard Marek
Eduard Marek
Birth: 17 March 1917
Prague, Prague Region, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Death: 22 January 2022
Prague, Prague Region, Czech Republic
Age: 104 years, 311 days
Country: Czech RepublicCZE
Centenarian

Eduard Marek (17 March 1917 – 22 January 2022) was a Czech centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Czech Republic at the time of his death, and holder of the highest scout decoration of the Order of the Silver Wolf and the oldest scout in Czech Republic.

Biography[]

Eduard Marek was born in Prague, Prague Region, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic), on 17 March 1917. From his very youth he became a member of The Scout movement. In 1936 he voluntarily enlisted military service. He joined the first air force regiment of TGM. After he left the army in 1939 Marek took over a family real estate agency. During the war Marek was supporting his Jewish friend F. Reimann. For this he was detained on 8 May 1942 and sentenced for several months in prison. After his release Marek found a job at a BANANS Company in Prague and pursued illegal Scout movement. During Prague uprising in May 1945 he served as a military messenger. After the war Marek reopened his real estate agency, he led a Scout group as well. When communists seized power in January 1948, Marek with his friends established a resistance group called ‘Dr. E. Benes‘. The Group was connected to French espionage. Unfortunately early in 1949 the group was betrayed. Marek was convicted to ten years imprisonment for anti-state activities in group of Richard Lederer. Marek‘s wife was given an eleven-year sentence, their six years old son Eduard was put in a young home in Pocernice. At first Marek was placed to labor camp Svatopluk in Horni Slavkov. After two years he was moved to Bory and then to labor camp Marianska in Jachymov area, where he had been sorting uranium ore. Eduard Marek was released on parole in 1956 after seven years in prison. He again started to pursue an illegal Scout group.

On 17 March 2017, he celebrated his 100th birthday, becoming a centenarian.

On 25 June 2021, following the death of 105-year-old Jan Gomola, he became the oldest known living man in Czech Republic.

Eduard Marek died in Prague, Prague Region, Czech Republic, on 22 January 2022, at the age of 104 years, 311 days. Following his death, then 104-year-old Karel Laváček became the oldest known living man in Czech Republic.

References[]


Czech Republic's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Adam Raj • Unknown • Ludvik Petruj • Alois Vocasek • Julius Kubelka • Vojtech Dvorsky • Stanislav Vecera • Josef Flandera • Gabriel Miksa • Karel Kasparek • Jan Nitka • Stanislav Spacil • Martin Kahun • Cenek Petrik • Jiri Vysoudil • Anonymous • Anonymous • Jan Gomola • Eduard Marek • Karel Lavacek • Anonymous • Antonin Slenc

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