Václav Morávek

Václav Morávek (8 August 1904 – 21 March 1942) was a Czech military officer and war hero. He was one of the best-known personalities of the Czech anti-Nazi resistance and a member of the famous resistance group called the Three Kings.

Life Václav Morávek was born on 8 August 1904 in Kolín.

The most visible sabotage operations carried out by the Three Kings were two bomb attacks in Berlin: one in January 1941 against the Ministry of Air Travel and police headquarters; and second, in the Berlin-Anhalt rail station next month, intended to kill Heinrich Himmler (whose train was unexpectedly delayed). In April and May 1941, respectively, Balabán and Mašín were arrested, but Morávek eluded capture for another ten months. He died on 21 March 1942 in a gunfight with agents of the Gestapo while he tried to help his colleague Václav Řehák, whom the Gestapo had arrested shortly beforehand.

On 8 May 2005, he was posthumously promoted to brigadier general.

In popular culture He is the protagonist in the Czech TV series Three Kings, inspired by his anti-Nazi resistance group.