STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2722, sig. 109-14/24

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52 - 3 - Private company employed, During this time he served lo weeks as a substitute reservist at the Inf. Regt. No. 28 in Prague. During the World War cr until September l9l4 bcim 28.Inf. regiment. To this Zcit he came into Russian captivity.. In August l9L7 he joined the Czech legion in Russia. He was still able to join a legionnaire in France and took an active part in the fights against the German troops as a lieutenant in Alsace. After the war he returned to Prague in 1969. He came back as a chief lieutenant and intended to go back as an ingenicur to the private dinst. After a short period of time, however, he was re-appointed as captain of the troop at the command of the commander Kl o f a ê. He then participated in the battles against the Bolsheviks in Slovakia until ctwa Endc June 1969 and was promoted to lajor at the end of this fight.