Jaroslav Rošický

Jaroslav Rošický (19 September 1884, Třešť – 25 June 1942, Prague) was a Czech army officer.

[1] As a soldier he participated in World War I, fighting in the Austrian army in Russia and Italy.

Rošický and Sokol leader Josef Scheiner were in charge of their respective military operations.

[1] During World War II, Rošický was a member of the captain Nemo anti-Nazi resistance group.

In 1942 he was arrested and executed along with his son, communist journalist and athlete Evžen Rošický.

Jaroslav Rošický during declaration of Czechoslovak independence in October 1918