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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1912-04-08 ) 8 April 1912, Rajecké Teplice , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 18 June 1942 (1942-06-18) (aged 30), Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral , Prague , Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
- Buried
- Ďáblice cemetery
- Allegiance
- Czechoslovakia Britain
- Branch
- Czechoslovak Army Czechoslovak government-in-exile
- Service years
- 1939–1942
- Rank
- Rittmeister Colonel.
- Unit
- Special Operations Executive
- Conflicts
- World War II Battle of France Operation Anthropoid
- Awards
- Czechoslovak War Cross, 1939–1945 Croix de Guerre
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jozef
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovakia
- Place of death
- Prague
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Participant in
- Operation Anthropoid
- Conflict
- Operation Anthropoid
- Military rank
- Sergeant
- Image
- Jozef Gabčík.jpg
- Height
- 164
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- date of death
- 1942-06-18
- manner of death
- Suicide
- Commons category
- Jozef Gabčík
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
- name in native language
- Jozef Gabčík
- ethnic group
- Slovaks
- place of burial
- Ďáblice cemetery
- P8168
- Rosières-aux-Salines
- date of birth
- 1912-04-08
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Encyclopedic overview
Jozef Gabčík ( Slovak: [ˈjɔzev ˈɡaptʂiːk]; 8 April 1912 – 18 June 1942) was a Slovak soldier in the Czechoslovak Army involved in the Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the acting Reichsprotektor (Realm-Protector) of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, SS-Obergruppenführer.
Life
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