Among the names Yad Vashem honours as Righteous Among the Nations is Antonín Kalina.
The record lists Antonín Kalina as Czech war hero.
Antonín Kalina was born at Třebíč in 1902. His recorded nationality is Czechoslovakia.
By occupation Antonín Kalina was politician - which is the point worth holding onto: the rescuers were not a special class of person.
Most rescuers said afterwards that they had done nothing remarkable. The historical record disagrees, which is the point of recording it.
Recognition: Czech Medal of Merit (2014) and Righteous Among the Nations (2012).
Antonín Kalina died in 1990, aged 88. The people saved, and their descendants, are the part of the record that continues.
Achievements
- Czech Medal of Merit — 2014
- Righteous Among the Nations — 2012
- Worked as politician
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