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Golian, Ján

Date of birth:
January 26th, 1906 (Dombóvár, Austria-Hungary)
Date of death:
1945 (Flossenbürg concentration camp, Germany)
Nationality:
Czechoslovakian (1918 - 1948, Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945

Posthumously awarded
Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945

Posthumously awarded
Rád Slovenského národního povstání 1st Class
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1969

Posthumously awarded
Order of the Republic
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1995

Posthumously awarded
Order of Ľudovít Štúr - 1st Class

Sources

  • Photo 1: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
  • - Slovakia Military Chronicle (2007), p. 129
    - Generál Golian a jeho doba : materiály z odborného seminára k 100. výročiu narodenia Jána Goliana, Banská Bystrica 31. 10. 2006 : zborník Múzea Slovenského národného povstania v Banskej Bystrici. Banská Bystrica (2008)

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