Karel František Koch (29 June 1890 – 24 January 1981) was a Czech doctor known for rescuing Jews in Bratislava during the Holocaust. After the Communist takeover, he was jailed, but managed to escape the country shortly after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and settled in Canada.
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29 June 1890 Brno, Austria-Hungary
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Died |
24 January 1981 (aged 90) Toronto, Canada
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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