Czech soldier. Member of the Czechoslovak anti-Nazi resistance during World War II. From 1941 to 1942, he was the commander of the Silver A group, which also was inserted by parachute with the Anthropoid group in the assassination of the Reich-Reichard Reinhard Heydrich. The appearance of the group's radio station resulted in the extermination of the village of Ležáky.
Born September 23, 1916 in Vienna in the family of tailor Adolf Bartos and Antonie Bartos, born Cone. After the end of World War I, the family moved to Sezemice near Pardubice, where his father began to work as a baker.
He graduated from the middle school in Sezemice and from 1930 he continued his studies at the real grammar school in Pardubice where he was one of the best pupils. He graduated in graduation in 1935 with honors.
On October 1, 1935, he joined the Czech military in Pardubice. On December 23, 1935, he was promoted to the rank of private and on July 25, 1936, to the rank of private 1st class. On September 5, 1936, he enrolled at the Military Academy in Hranice, Moravia, where he was one of the best trainees and finished with the rank of lieutenant cavalry. Until the occupation on March 15, 1939 he worked at the cavalry regiment in Pardubice.
In 1939 he legally traveled to France, where he first helped at the Czechoslovak Consulate in Paris and from June 8 he joined the Foreign Legion. He served in Tunisia until the beginning of World War II, returned to France in accordance with the previous agreement, was presented in Agde on September 26, 1939 as Lieutenant of Cavalry Czechoslovak Regiment, Personal Number J-879 and November 16 he joined the 2nd Czechoslovak Regiment as the Second Assistant Commander. After the defeat of France, he arrived on July 13, 1940 in Rod el Farag, England, where he became commander of the 1st Infantry 1st Company of the 2nd Infantry Battalion.
In the spring of 1941 he volunteered for training to perform special tasks in the enemy rear. He completed his training at the British SOE in Scotland (Caus Darach and Garramore Farms), Bellasis STS-2, and STS-51 at Ringway. After completing the training, he was appointed Silver A commander
The main task of Operation Silver A was to maintain a connection with England and to pass important messages about events in the protectorate via a radio station (the cover name Libuše). After several failed attempts on 29 October, 7 November and 30 November, the landing was carried out together with the participants of the Anthropoid and Silver B groups during the night of 28 to 29 December 1941. He was deployed together with Josef Valèík and Jiøí Potùèek near Senec near Podebrady (Instead of the originally planned Heømanova mesto). On this day he was also promoted to the rank of captain and January 18, 1942 received the second Cs. War Cross 1939. Bartos became the commander of all paragraphes planted in the Protectorate during the 1941-42 operating period, and in this position he demonstrated in the conditions of the Protectorate his excellent organizational skills. The resistance activity was helped, among others, by the Pardubice hotelier Arnošt Košál . One of Bartos's main activities was to report to London on the situation in the Protectorate. An important new information for the government of exile was his statement that the contact addresses that the paratroopers had received before the landing could not be relied on because the Gestapo had managed to break the resistance network.
After the revelation, Bartos was persecuted by the Gestapo, on June 21, 1942, he fell into a trap and attempted suicide during his escape; He suffered his wounds the night after the next day.
After the war, he was promoted in memoriam on July 17, 1948 to the rank of major.
In 2007, a monument was unveiled in his home town of Sezemice. Also in Pardubice on the corner of the streets Smilova and Sladkovský the commemorative plaque commemorates the place where the flying cpt. Bartos, in an inconceivable situation, turned his gun against himself. After Kpt. Bartoš is also named one of the most important streets in the Pardubice district of Polabina.
Honors
August 26, 1940 - French War Cross for Bravery (Croix de Guerre)
October 28, 1940 - Czechoslovak War Cross 1939
January 18, 1942 - Second Czechoslovak War Cross 1939
March 7, 1944 - Czechoslovak commemorative medal with the label of France and Great Britain in memoriam
October 28, 1945 - Third Czechoslovak War Cross in 1939 in memoriam
1949 - The Golden Star of the Czechoslovak Military Order For Freedom
1968 - Order of the Red Pledge
1992 - Order of Milan Rastislav Štefánik III.
Born September 23, 1916 in Vienna in the family of tailor Adolf Bartos and Antonie Bartos, born Cone. After the end of World War I, the family moved to Sezemice near Pardubice, where his father began to work as a baker.
He graduated from the middle school in Sezemice and from 1930 he continued his studies at the real grammar school in Pardubice where he was one of the best pupils. He graduated in graduation in 1935 with honors.
On October 1, 1935, he joined the Czech military in Pardubice. On December 23, 1935, he was promoted to the rank of private and on July 25, 1936, to the rank of private 1st class. On September 5, 1936, he enrolled at the Military Academy in Hranice, Moravia, where he was one of the best trainees and finished with the rank of lieutenant cavalry. Until the occupation on March 15, 1939 he worked at the cavalry regiment in Pardubice.
In 1939 he legally traveled to France, where he first helped at the Czechoslovak Consulate in Paris and from June 8 he joined the Foreign Legion. He served in Tunisia until the beginning of World War II, returned to France in accordance with the previous agreement, was presented in Agde on September 26, 1939 as Lieutenant of Cavalry Czechoslovak Regiment, Personal Number J-879 and November 16 he joined the 2nd Czechoslovak Regiment as the Second Assistant Commander. After the defeat of France, he arrived on July 13, 1940 in Rod el Farag, England, where he became commander of the 1st Infantry 1st Company of the 2nd Infantry Battalion.
In the spring of 1941 he volunteered for training to perform special tasks in the enemy rear. He completed his training at the British SOE in Scotland (Caus Darach and Garramore Farms), Bellasis STS-2, and STS-51 at Ringway. After completing the training, he was appointed Silver A commander
The main task of Operation Silver A was to maintain a connection with England and to pass important messages about events in the protectorate via a radio station (the cover name Libuše). After several failed attempts on 29 October, 7 November and 30 November, the landing was carried out together with the participants of the Anthropoid and Silver B groups during the night of 28 to 29 December 1941. He was deployed together with Josef Valèík and Jiøí Potùèek near Senec near Podebrady (Instead of the originally planned Heømanova mesto). On this day he was also promoted to the rank of captain and January 18, 1942 received the second Cs. War Cross 1939. Bartos became the commander of all paragraphes planted in the Protectorate during the 1941-42 operating period, and in this position he demonstrated in the conditions of the Protectorate his excellent organizational skills. The resistance activity was helped, among others, by the Pardubice hotelier Arnošt Košál . One of Bartos's main activities was to report to London on the situation in the Protectorate. An important new information for the government of exile was his statement that the contact addresses that the paratroopers had received before the landing could not be relied on because the Gestapo had managed to break the resistance network.
After the revelation, Bartos was persecuted by the Gestapo, on June 21, 1942, he fell into a trap and attempted suicide during his escape; He suffered his wounds the night after the next day.
After the war, he was promoted in memoriam on July 17, 1948 to the rank of major.
In 2007, a monument was unveiled in his home town of Sezemice. Also in Pardubice on the corner of the streets Smilova and Sladkovský the commemorative plaque commemorates the place where the flying cpt. Bartos, in an inconceivable situation, turned his gun against himself. After Kpt. Bartoš is also named one of the most important streets in the Pardubice district of Polabina.
Honors
August 26, 1940 - French War Cross for Bravery (Croix de Guerre)
October 28, 1940 - Czechoslovak War Cross 1939
January 18, 1942 - Second Czechoslovak War Cross 1939
March 7, 1944 - Czechoslovak commemorative medal with the label of France and Great Britain in memoriam
October 28, 1945 - Third Czechoslovak War Cross in 1939 in memoriam
1949 - The Golden Star of the Czechoslovak Military Order For Freedom
1968 - Order of the Red Pledge
1992 - Order of Milan Rastislav Štefánik III.
Czech soldier. Member of the Czechoslovak anti-Nazi resistance during World War II. From 1941 to 1942, he was the commander of the Silver A group, which also was inserted by parachute with the Anthropoid group in the assassination of the Reich-Reichard Reinhard Heydrich. The appearance of the group's radio station resulted in the extermination of the village of Ležáky.
Born September 23, 1916 in Vienna in the family of tailor Adolf Bartos and Antonie Bartos, born Cone. After the end of World War I, the family moved to Sezemice near Pardubice, where his father began to work as a baker.
He graduated from the middle school in Sezemice and from 1930 he continued his studies at the real grammar school in Pardubice where he was one of the best pupils. He graduated in graduation in 1935 with honors.
On October 1, 1935, he joined the Czech military in Pardubice. On December 23, 1935, he was promoted to the rank of private and on July 25, 1936, to the rank of private 1st class. On September 5, 1936, he enrolled at the Military Academy in Hranice, Moravia, where he was one of the best trainees and finished with the rank of lieutenant cavalry. Until the occupation on March 15, 1939 he worked at the cavalry regiment in Pardubice.
In 1939 he legally traveled to France, where he first helped at the Czechoslovak Consulate in Paris and from June 8 he joined the Foreign Legion. He served in Tunisia until the beginning of World War II, returned to France in accordance with the previous agreement, was presented in Agde on September 26, 1939 as Lieutenant of Cavalry Czechoslovak Regiment, Personal Number J-879 and November 16 he joined the 2nd Czechoslovak Regiment as the Second Assistant Commander. After the defeat of France, he arrived on July 13, 1940 in Rod el Farag, England, where he became commander of the 1st Infantry 1st Company of the 2nd Infantry Battalion.
In the spring of 1941 he volunteered for training to perform special tasks in the enemy rear. He completed his training at the British SOE in Scotland (Caus Darach and Garramore Farms), Bellasis STS-2, and STS-51 at Ringway. After completing the training, he was appointed Silver A commander
The main task of Operation Silver A was to maintain a connection with England and to pass important messages about events in the protectorate via a radio station (the cover name Libuše). After several failed attempts on 29 October, 7 November and 30 November, the landing was carried out together with the participants of the Anthropoid and Silver B groups during the night of 28 to 29 December 1941. He was deployed together with Josef Valèík and Jiøí Potùèek near Senec near Podebrady (Instead of the originally planned Heømanova mesto). On this day he was also promoted to the rank of captain and January 18, 1942 received the second Cs. War Cross 1939. Bartos became the commander of all paragraphes planted in the Protectorate during the 1941-42 operating period, and in this position he demonstrated in the conditions of the Protectorate his excellent organizational skills. The resistance activity was helped, among others, by the Pardubice hotelier Arnošt Košál . One of Bartos's main activities was to report to London on the situation in the Protectorate. An important new information for the government of exile was his statement that the contact addresses that the paratroopers had received before the landing could not be relied on because the Gestapo had managed to break the resistance network.
After the revelation, Bartos was persecuted by the Gestapo, on June 21, 1942, he fell into a trap and attempted suicide during his escape; He suffered his wounds the night after the next day.
After the war, he was promoted in memoriam on July 17, 1948 to the rank of major.
In 2007, a monument was unveiled in his home town of Sezemice. Also in Pardubice on the corner of the streets Smilova and Sladkovský the commemorative plaque commemorates the place where the flying cpt. Bartos, in an inconceivable situation, turned his gun against himself. After Kpt. Bartoš is also named one of the most important streets in the Pardubice district of Polabina.
Honors
August 26, 1940 - French War Cross for Bravery (Croix de Guerre)
October 28, 1940 - Czechoslovak War Cross 1939
January 18, 1942 - Second Czechoslovak War Cross 1939
March 7, 1944 - Czechoslovak commemorative medal with the label of France and Great Britain in memoriam
October 28, 1945 - Third Czechoslovak War Cross in 1939 in memoriam
1949 - The Golden Star of the Czechoslovak Military Order For Freedom
1968 - Order of the Red Pledge
1992 - Order of Milan Rastislav Štefánik III.
Born September 23, 1916 in Vienna in the family of tailor Adolf Bartos and Antonie Bartos, born Cone. After the end of World War I, the family moved to Sezemice near Pardubice, where his father began to work as a baker.
He graduated from the middle school in Sezemice and from 1930 he continued his studies at the real grammar school in Pardubice where he was one of the best pupils. He graduated in graduation in 1935 with honors.
On October 1, 1935, he joined the Czech military in Pardubice. On December 23, 1935, he was promoted to the rank of private and on July 25, 1936, to the rank of private 1st class. On September 5, 1936, he enrolled at the Military Academy in Hranice, Moravia, where he was one of the best trainees and finished with the rank of lieutenant cavalry. Until the occupation on March 15, 1939 he worked at the cavalry regiment in Pardubice.
In 1939 he legally traveled to France, where he first helped at the Czechoslovak Consulate in Paris and from June 8 he joined the Foreign Legion. He served in Tunisia until the beginning of World War II, returned to France in accordance with the previous agreement, was presented in Agde on September 26, 1939 as Lieutenant of Cavalry Czechoslovak Regiment, Personal Number J-879 and November 16 he joined the 2nd Czechoslovak Regiment as the Second Assistant Commander. After the defeat of France, he arrived on July 13, 1940 in Rod el Farag, England, where he became commander of the 1st Infantry 1st Company of the 2nd Infantry Battalion.
In the spring of 1941 he volunteered for training to perform special tasks in the enemy rear. He completed his training at the British SOE in Scotland (Caus Darach and Garramore Farms), Bellasis STS-2, and STS-51 at Ringway. After completing the training, he was appointed Silver A commander
The main task of Operation Silver A was to maintain a connection with England and to pass important messages about events in the protectorate via a radio station (the cover name Libuše). After several failed attempts on 29 October, 7 November and 30 November, the landing was carried out together with the participants of the Anthropoid and Silver B groups during the night of 28 to 29 December 1941. He was deployed together with Josef Valèík and Jiøí Potùèek near Senec near Podebrady (Instead of the originally planned Heømanova mesto). On this day he was also promoted to the rank of captain and January 18, 1942 received the second Cs. War Cross 1939. Bartos became the commander of all paragraphes planted in the Protectorate during the 1941-42 operating period, and in this position he demonstrated in the conditions of the Protectorate his excellent organizational skills. The resistance activity was helped, among others, by the Pardubice hotelier Arnošt Košál . One of Bartos's main activities was to report to London on the situation in the Protectorate. An important new information for the government of exile was his statement that the contact addresses that the paratroopers had received before the landing could not be relied on because the Gestapo had managed to break the resistance network.
After the revelation, Bartos was persecuted by the Gestapo, on June 21, 1942, he fell into a trap and attempted suicide during his escape; He suffered his wounds the night after the next day.
After the war, he was promoted in memoriam on July 17, 1948 to the rank of major.
In 2007, a monument was unveiled in his home town of Sezemice. Also in Pardubice on the corner of the streets Smilova and Sladkovský the commemorative plaque commemorates the place where the flying cpt. Bartos, in an inconceivable situation, turned his gun against himself. After Kpt. Bartoš is also named one of the most important streets in the Pardubice district of Polabina.
Honors
August 26, 1940 - French War Cross for Bravery (Croix de Guerre)
October 28, 1940 - Czechoslovak War Cross 1939
January 18, 1942 - Second Czechoslovak War Cross 1939
March 7, 1944 - Czechoslovak commemorative medal with the label of France and Great Britain in memoriam
October 28, 1945 - Third Czechoslovak War Cross in 1939 in memoriam
1949 - The Golden Star of the Czechoslovak Military Order For Freedom
1968 - Order of the Red Pledge
1992 - Order of Milan Rastislav Štefánik III.
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