| Eduard Marek | |
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| Birth: | 17 March 1917 Prague, Austria-Hungary (present-day Czech Republic) |
| Death: | 22 January 2022 Prague, Czech Republic |
| Age: | 104 years, 311 days |
| Country: |  CZE
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| 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, Austria-Hungary (present-day 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 8th May in 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.
He became the oldest known living man in Czech Republic, following the death of 105-year-old Jan Gomola on 25 June 2021.
Eduard Marek died in Prague, Czech Republic on 22 January 2022 at the age of 104 years, 311 days. Following his death, then 104-year-old Karel Lavacek became the oldest known living man in Czech Republic.
References[]
- Eduard Marek zůstal věrný skautským zásadám. Věznili ho nacisté i komunisté iROZHLAS, 18 February 2018
- Zemřel Eduard Marek, nejstarší skaut v Česku. Nacisté ho za války věznili, protože pomáhal Židům iROZHLAS, 23 January 2022
- Oldest Czech Scout Eduard Marek dies aged 104 Radio Prague International, 24 January 2022
- Eduard Marek (1917 †︎ 2022) Memory of Nations
- EDUARD MAREK (1917-2022) Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
| Czech Republic's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Ludvik Petruj • Alois Vocasek • Julius Kubelka • Stanislav Vecera • Dusan Kalok • 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 |