Julius Fucik was a Czechoslovak journalist , an active member of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and part of the forefront of the anti-Nazi resistance. He was imprisoned, tortured and executed by the Nazis.
Born : 23rd February , 1903 ( Prague, Austria-Hungary)
Died : 8th September , 1943 ( Berlin, Nazi Germany)
Occupation : Journalist
Ethnicity : Czech
Citizenship : Austrian , Czechoslovak
Notable Work : Reportáž psaná na oprátce
EARLY LIFE:
Julius Fučík was born into a working-class family in Prague. His father was a steelworker, and he was the nephew and namesake of the composer Julius Fučík. In 1913, Fučík moved with his family from Prague to Plzeň (Pilsen) where he attended the state vocational high school. Already as a twelve-year-old boy he was planning to establish a newspaper named "Slovan" ("The Slav"). He showed himself to be interested in both politics and literature. As a teenager he frequently acted in local amateur theatre.
HOUSE IN PILSEN WHERE FUCIK LIVED IN 1913-1937
NOTES FROM THE GALLOWS:
First, Fučík was detained in Pankrác Prison in Prague where he was also interrogated and tortured. In this time arose Fučík's Notes from the Gallows(Czech: Reportáž psaná na oprátce, literally Reports Written Under the Noose), which was written on pieces of cigarette paper and smuggled out by sympathetic prison warders named Kolínský and Hora. The book describes events in the prison since Fučík's arrest and is filled with hope for a better, Communist future. In later years its authenticity was contested. The book was published in a more "acceptable" version, from which the less pleasant passages, which did not quite fit into everyone's picture of heroic resistance fighters, had been stricken.
Born : 23rd February , 1903 ( Prague, Austria-Hungary)
Died : 8th September , 1943 ( Berlin, Nazi Germany)
Occupation : Journalist
Ethnicity : Czech
Citizenship : Austrian , Czechoslovak
Notable Work : Reportáž psaná na oprátce
EARLY LIFE:
Julius Fučík was born into a working-class family in Prague. His father was a steelworker, and he was the nephew and namesake of the composer Julius Fučík. In 1913, Fučík moved with his family from Prague to Plzeň (Pilsen) where he attended the state vocational high school. Already as a twelve-year-old boy he was planning to establish a newspaper named "Slovan" ("The Slav"). He showed himself to be interested in both politics and literature. As a teenager he frequently acted in local amateur theatre.
NOTES FROM THE GALLOWS:
First, Fučík was detained in Pankrác Prison in Prague where he was also interrogated and tortured. In this time arose Fučík's Notes from the Gallows(Czech: Reportáž psaná na oprátce, literally Reports Written Under the Noose), which was written on pieces of cigarette paper and smuggled out by sympathetic prison warders named Kolínský and Hora. The book describes events in the prison since Fučík's arrest and is filled with hope for a better, Communist future. In later years its authenticity was contested. The book was published in a more "acceptable" version, from which the less pleasant passages, which did not quite fit into everyone's picture of heroic resistance fighters, had been stricken.
JULIUS FUCIK'S " NOTES FROM THE GALLOWS"
(FIRST UNCENSORED Czech EDITION, 1995)
DEATH:
Fucik succumbed to death under the tortures of Nazis on 8th September, 1943.
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