28-411: Jan Kubis may refer to: Jan Kubiš (1913-1942), Czech soldier and assassin of Reinhard Heydrich Ján Kubiš (born 1952), Slovak diplomat [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
56-881: A forming Czechoslovak unit in Kraków , Poland. Soon he was transferred to Algiers , where he entered the French Foreign Legion . He fought in France during the early stage of World War II and received his Croix de Guerre there. A month after the German victory in the Battle of France , Kubiš fled to Great Britain, where he received training as a paratrooper . The Free Czechoslovaks, as he and other self-exiled Czechoslovaks were called, were stationed at Cholmondeley Castle near Malpas in Cheshire. He and his best friend, Jozef Gabčík , both befriended
84-584: A place-name in its own right which, adopted into English, then became the basis for a new place-name, Chathull , whose second element is from Old English hyll ("hill") and which therefore meant "hill at Chat". During a later period when English became less widely spoken in Chesire, in favour of Welsh, the Welsh word nant ("wood") was then further added to the name. After the Norman Conquest of 1066 Malpas
112-418: A population of 1,673 at the 2011 census . The name derives from Old French and means "bad/difficult passage". The parish also once contained a place called Chathull , whose name is attested in 1333 as Nant Chathull . This is notable because the first element of Chathull is thought to derive from Common Brittonic , from the word surviving in modern Welsh as coed ("wood"). This word must have been
140-600: A suspected romantic affair with Anne Boleyn . These accusations may have been politically motivated. Malpas was once served by a station on the Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway . The B5069 road passes through the town from the England/Wales border, towards the A41 road near Hampton Heath . The B5395 road diverges from the A41 at Grindley Brook and heads towards Malpas. According to
168-585: A team of Czechoslovak British-trained paratroopers sent to eliminate acting Reichsprotektor (Realm-Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia , SS- Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich , in 1942 as part of Operation Anthropoid . During the assassination attempt, Kubiš threw a makeshift grenade that mortally wounded Heydrich. Jan Kubiš was born in 1913 in Dolní Vilémovice, Moravia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day Czech Republic ). Jan
196-463: Is open in the crypt of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in Prague. Coinciding with the release of the film Anthropoid , campaigners called for Kubiš's and Gabčík's bodies to be identified and exhumed from the mass-grave at the Ďáblice Cemetery , Prague, and to be given a dignified burial fitting "the heroes of anti-Nazi resistance". A memorial stone for Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík can be found in
224-518: Is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as belonging to Robert FitzHugh , baron of Malpas. Malpas and other holdings were given to his family for defensive services along the Welsh border. A concentrated line of castles protected Cheshire's western border from the Welsh; these included motte-and-bailey castles at Shotwick , Dodleston , Aldford , Pulford , Shocklach , Oldcastle and Malpas. The earthworks of Malpas Castle are still to be found to
252-627: The 2001 census , the civil parish had 1,628 residents living in 720 households. This increased slightly in the 2011 census to 1,673 residents, composed of 767 (45.8%) males and 906 (54.2%) females, in 810 households. Malpas was formerly a township and ancient parish within Broxton Hundred , which became a civil parish in 1866. It has had a parish council since their formation in 1894. Prior to that, Malpas had been administered through Vestry Meetings held in St Oswald's Church. Between 1894 and 1936
280-575: The Church of St Cyril and St Methodius in Resslova Street in Prague. In a bloody battle that lasted for six hours, Kubiš was seriously wounded by a grenade and was found unconscious. He died of his wounds shortly after arrival at the hospital. Heinz Pannwitz, the German detective charged with capturing at least one of the perpetrators alive, later stated: He had tried to use poison on himself but apparently lost consciousness before he could do so. Although he
308-559: The Czechoslovak mobilisation of 1938, Kubiš served as deputy commander of a platoon in Czechoslovak border fortifications in the Opava area. Following the Munich Agreement and demobilisation, Kubiš was discharged from army on 19 October 1938 and returned to his civilian life, working at a brick factory. At the eve of World War II , on 16 June 1939, Kubiš fled Czechoslovakia and joined
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#1733084653376336-642: The French resistance was gaining ground. Heydrich would have to pass a section where the Dresden-Prague road merged with a road to the Troja Bridge. The junction, in the Prague suburb of Libeň , was well-suited for the attack because motorists have to slow for a hairpin bend. At 10:30 am, Heydrich proceeded on his daily commute from his home in Panenské Břežany to Prague Castle . Gabčík and Kubiš waited at
364-552: The Czech Republic (2008). There are streets named after Jan Kubiš in the cities of Prague (close to the Operation Anthropoid Memorial ), Pardubice , Tábor , Třebíč and other places. In 2013 (100th anniversary of Kubiš's birth) a small memorial and museum was open in the house where Jan Kubiš was born. Since 2010 a National memorial and museum dedicated to all heroes related to the assassination of Heydrich
392-456: The Ellison family, from Ightfield , Shropshire, whom they met while in Whitchurch , Shropshire. In 1941, Kubiš was dropped into Czechoslovakia as part of Operation Anthropoid , where he died following the successful assassination of Reinhard Heydrich . His remains were buried secretly in a mass grave at the Ďáblice cemetery in Prague. Since this was unknown after World War II, Karel Čurda ,
420-618: The United Kingdom and two other groups named Silver A and Silver B (who had different missions) by a Royal Air Force Halifax of No. 138 Squadron into Czechoslovakia at 10 pm on 28 December 1941. In Prague, they contacted several families and anti-Nazi organisations who helped them during the preparations for the assassination. On 27 May 1942, Heydrich had planned to meet Hitler in Berlin. German documents suggest that Hitler intended to transfer Heydrich to German occupied France , where
448-410: The car, it landed against the rear wheel. Nonetheless, the bomb severely wounded Heydrich when it detonated, its fragments ripping through the right rear fender and embedding shrapnel from the upholstery of the car into Heydrich, causing serious injuries to his left side, with major damage to his diaphragm , spleen and lung , as well as a fractured rib. Kubiš received a minor wound to his face from
476-521: The grounds of St John the Baptist Church in Ightfield (ref W9VR+FJ Whitchurch) on Google Maps. Kubiš is portrayed by: Malpas, Cheshire Malpas ( / m æ l p ə s / MAL -pəs ) is a market town and a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire , England. It lies near the borders with Shropshire and Wales , and had
504-418: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jan_Kubis&oldid=932903121 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jan Kubi%C5%A1 Jan Kubiš (24 June 1913 – 18 June 1942) was a Czech soldier, one of
532-451: The member of their squad who betrayed them to the Nazis, was coincidentally also buried at the cemetery. However, in 1990 mass graves were excavated and a memorial site with symbolic gravestones was established instead. In 2009, a memorial was built at the place of the attack on Heydrich. Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš were airlifted along with seven soldiers from Czechoslovakia's army-in-exile in
560-428: The north of St. Oswald's Church . Malpas retains its general layout established in the medieval period. Malpas was granted a Market Charter for a weekly market and annual fair in 1281, thus making it an official "Market Town". The sixth son of Sir Randolph Brereton of Shocklach and Malpas, Sir William Brereton , became chamberlain of Chester, and groom of the chamber to Henry VIII . He was beheaded on 17 May 1536 for
588-478: The shrapnel. As Kubiš staggered against the railings, Klein leapt out of the shattered limousine with a drawn pistol; Kubiš recovered and jumped on his bicycle and pedaled away, scattering passengers spilling from the tram, by firing in the air with his Colt M1903 pistol. Klein tried to shoot at him but dazed by the explosion, pressed the magazine release catch and the gun jammed. Heydrich died of his injuries on 4 June. Kubiš and his group were found on 18 June in
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#1733084653376616-512: The town had its own rural district council . Under a Cheshire County review order in 1936, the boundaries of several rural districts were adjusted. Malpas Rural District was abolished and most of the area absorbed into Tarvin Rural District . On 1 April 1974 this was merged into Chester District . Further changes occurred on 1 April 2009 when the Cheshire West & Chester unitary authority
644-477: The tram stop on the curve near Bulovka Hospital in Prague 8 - Libeň . As Heydrich's open-topped Mercedes-Benz arrived, Gabčík tried to shoot Heydrich, but his Sten gun jammed. Heydrich ordered his driver, SS- Oberscharführer Klein, to stop the car. As the car braked in front of him, Kubiš threw a modified anti-tank grenade (concealed in a briefcase) at the vehicle; he misjudged his throw. Instead of landing inside
672-716: Was a Boy Scout . Jan Kubiš, having previously been an active member of Orel , started his military career as a Czechoslovak army conscript on 1 November 1935 by 31st Infantry Regiment " Arco " in Jihlava . After passing petty officer course and promotion to corporal, Kubiš served some time in Znojmo before being transferred to 34th infantry regiment " Marksman Jan Čapek " in Opava , where he served at guard battalion stationed in Jakartovice . Here, Kubiš reached promotion to platoon sergeant. During
700-624: Was formed. An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Edge and south to Wigland . The total population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 3,975. Malpas is within the Eddisbury parliamentary constituency. Television signals are only received from the Wrekin TV transmitter which broadcast BBC West Midlands and ITV Central . However, BBC North West and ITV Granada can be received through cable and satellite television such as Freesat and Sky . The town
728-585: Was immediately transferred to the hospital none of the doctors’ attempts to keep him alive succeeded. He died within twenty minutes. The other parachutists committed suicide to avoid capture after an additional four-hour battle with the SS. In revenge, the Nazis murdered 24 family members and close relatives of Jan Kubiš in the concentration camp, Mauthausen : his father, both full and half-siblings, including their wives and husbands, cousins, aunts and uncles. Shortly after his successful mission, Kubiš (as well as Gabčík)
756-632: Was posthumously decorated with the Commemorative Medal of the Czechoslovak Army, F, GB (1944), another two Czechoslovak Military Crosses (1942, 1945), King's Commendation for Brave Conduct (1947), Czechoslovak Military Order for Liberty (1949), Military Order of the White Lion "For Victory" 1st Class (1968), Order of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1992) and Cross of Defence of the Minister of Defence of
784-504: Was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant in memoriam . After the liberation of Czechoslovakia he was further promoted to the rank of staff captain in memoriam . During the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Heydrich in 2002, Kubiš was again promoted in memoriam , to the rank of colonel. Apart from the Czechoslovak Military Cross 1939 and Croix de Guerre (both he received in 1940), Kubiš
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