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Let me tell you a truthful tale of valor and life mistakes. This almost 100 years old matter influenced my professional direction, and it affects every day of my life now. My Grandpa was a very brave soldier, faithful servant of the state and higher interests, but controversial as a person. It is only me in this whole world, who is willing and obliged to do something in his affair yet. Of course, that I have my own interests in this matter too - but some remedies should be made. To get a late state medal for my Grandpa, for example, to be capable and best in my business, so his life failure can be reformed somehow. Is it even possible? The basic personal military file of my Grandpa was declassified recently, so the following information is exact, and I can partially recover his life steps now.
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Rise and Fall of aSecret Courier
Alan Svejk
How my Grandpa influencedthe Czech history
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Rise and Fall of a Secret Courier by Alan Svejk
How my Grandpa influenced the Czech history?
Let me tell you a truthful tale of valor and life mistakes. This almost 100 years old matterinfluenced my professional direction, and it affects every day of my life now.
My Grandpa was a very brave soldier, faithful servant of the state and higher interests, butcontroversial as a person. It is only me in this whole world, who is willing and obliged to dosomething in his affair yet. Of course, that I have my own interests in this matter too - butsome remedies should be made. To get a late state medal for my Grandpa, for example, to becapable and best in my business, so his life failure can be reformed somehow. Is it evenpossible?
The basic personal military file of my Grandpa was declassified recently, so the followinginformation is exact, and I can partially recover his life steps now.
My Grandpa was one of the millions of soldiers in the ruthless World War I. He joined theArmy already in 1911, as a conscript, after finishing high school and choosing the accountantprofession. His mandatory military service was ending, when the war was declared in 1914.He became the prisoner of war soon, voluntarily, as many of his comrades on the Easternfront. They rejected to fight for Austrian-Hungarian Empire.
In 1915, still in the prisoner camp, he found somehow, that our national military forces are tobe established in Russia, serving the idea of future Czech independence from the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. He wrote a persuasive letter to the responsible people, that he wouldlike to participate in this noble mission of our independence, still only an illusion at thattime. The response letter he received exists to this day.
They delegated him to organize the recruitment and screening of the candidates, so no fo-reigners would infiltrate the ‚Czech Company‘ ranks. He was the active and devoted servant,brave in battles his unit fought, so he went up in the ranks. In 1918, when the war was co-ming to an the end, he was already serving as an adjutant of Military Counterintelligencecommand.
The Czech forces in Russia trusted him, so they tasked him with dangerous missions: to be-come a Secret Courier, and carry packets of the highest importance through the enemylines, without any protection or support, deep in foreign territory, and alone.
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Our future president T.G. Masaryk became an important player in shaping the idea of oursovereignity in that time. There was a lot of negotiations with powerful countries: UnitedStates, Great Britain, and France. Telephone was not possible to use for sending these secretmaterials, so couriers must be used. It should be reminded, that the Russian authorities beca-me hostile to the Czech Legion, after the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. So he would beexecuted as a spy, as he had no documents, and he wore civilian clothes.
And then: in one transient moment in April 1918, my Grandpa had the future of Czechrepublic in his own hands - literally.
That time, T.G. Masaryk was travelling through the whole Russia to Siberia by train, to boarda ship and continue to the United States, to negotiate with the president Woodrow Wilson.
My Grandpa was sent to pick up and save the manuscript of the most important book,which was written by T.G. Masaryk during this trip. The name makes very clear, how impor-tant this book was: ‚The New Europe‘. In fact, this was the first written and complexthought, how the Europe should look like after the war, so the Slavic nations can havetheir own destiny and freedom. Our territory was still a part of Austria-Hungary, and warwas still going.
So Grandpa had to go through the enemy lines to get it, and bring it back, so the bookcould be published, and it could start influencing our soldiers and future state elite, to fightfor independence. They would be the first soldiers of our new state.
My Grandpa carried it personally, and risked his life to deliver this critical package. Hewas even caught on the way by the Red authorities, but he managed to escape the detention.
Anyway, he delivered it successfully, and the rest is well-known history. Our Legion pub-lished the book, dedicated directly to Legion soldiers, in a local Czech magazine, and the ideaof our state could grow and get strong. Grandpa then made at least two more trips: one tosupport the troop transport to France, and later, he carried a package from Joint Allied Com-mand. He also participated in heavy fighting.
Several months later, the war was over and our independency became reality.
But the war was not over for Grandpa and his fellow soldiers. Because of complicated in-ternational relations, they could not be repatriated, and they got stuck in Russia till 1920. MyGrandpa was serving as the secretary of Red Cross mission in Kiev that time.
In 1920, he finally came home, as a courier of the new Czech diplomacy, after delivering thelast packet. He left the Army for a while, but then volunteered again, and served with the rankof the Captain of Infantry.
But somehow, his career halted. He had some discipline issues, and the Army noticed it. In1925, he stood at the military court, and all of his misconducts in previous years were puttogether, with the most unpleasant result: he was dishonorably discharged from the Army, and
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he lost the right for military social aid. But his alleged sins seem quite minor. His defenseattorney performed poorly.
Allegedly, he was tired of military life, and he wanted something else in life. He complainedabout low military wage. But I know today, that this was a serious mistake. Because he be-came nobody. He made no further career in the civilian environment. He never married,and never had a family. He never published a book about his Legion experience, as he dec-lared in 1920s.
Of course, there can be an alternative explanation of this - if he was activated by the (Coun-ter) Intelligence, and tasked with some mission in deep cover, it would be good to stage hisdisciplinary discharge, to manufacture his ‚legend‘, as the Intelligence community calls it.But this is the theory unable to confirm or deny - only a speculation.
Why he didn´t contact his former Legion superiors, to offer him a possibility of a good workplace, where he could be useful? But he had his reasons maybe, to stay out of security branch.
In 1950s, when Communists persecuted their enemies heavily, my Grandpa was detained in aprison, allegedly for some unwise talk about the new Red government. His former Legionparticipation, plus connection with T.G. Masaryk, hated by the Communists as the symbol ofthe ‚old‘ regime, was also not for his benefit. But he was released eventually.
Anyway, nothing remained after him to this day - only this military file and forgottendreams of success he maybe ever had, like everybody of us. He spent his last years livingwith some widow. He passed away unexpectedly, and she sent just a several personal belon-gings to my Grandma. And then the life tale of my Grandpa was concluded - until recently.
I feel obliged to ask the Czech state authorities for a late state medal for my Grandpa.He received some medals in 1920, but in that time, nobody knew, how miserably his life willend. Of course, it was his own decisions and mistakes - but it is now 100 years anniversaryof our independence, and my Grandpa was very close to it, he contributed to it directly,widely and without question. So let´s say it should be some anniversary medal. I am certa-in that Grandpa would be pleased, that modern Czech government would recognize him, along forgotten soldier.
Even if my first official suggestion will be rejected, I will try in following years, improvingmy arguments and reasons, until 2018, when there will be a new president elected, and it willbe exactly 100 years from the most heroic deed of my Grandpa. A new president means newlaws and approach.
And finally: I should learn from his example and take care, so I will not end so miserably asGrandpa. His example is a warning for me, how certain approach to life can end.
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