“I NEED YOU. YOU CAN KEEP ME ON THIS EARTH. BE VIGILANT. I LOVE YOU.”
- #wikiquote
- #quote
Figure timeline
Julius Fučík
Julius Fučík was a Czech journalist, critic, writer, and active member of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. For his part at the forefront of the anti-Nazi resistance during the Second World War, he was imprisoned and tortured by the Gestapo in Prague, and executed in Berlin.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
culture · Czech journalist and resistance fighter · translator · journalist · writer · publisher · critic · editing staff · anti-fascist · also Julius Fučík, Julius Fučík (journalist), Julius Fucik, Fučík
Born 23 February 1903 · Died 8 September 1943 · Q142059
21 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
5 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Quote
- Quote
2026· 2 entries
Moviefone: Julius Fučík - Where to Watch
- #news
- #headline
2019· 2 entries
Prague Daily Monitor: Julius Fučík – Czech Republic’s forgotten composer
- #news
- #headline
“I recognized Fučík's Notes from the Gallows...That text, written clandestinely in prison, then published after the war in a million copies, broadcast over the radio, studied in schools as required reading, was the sacred book of the era.”
- #wikiquote
- #quote
1995· 1 entry
The complete text of the book was published
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1989· 1 entry
The legend of Fučík became a target of scrutiny
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1955· 1 entry
Milan Kundera published a poetic tale entitled Poslední máj (The Last May) that depicts an encounter between Fučík and his Nazi interrogators
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1949· 1 entry
Reportáž psaná na oprátce (Notes from the Gallows), 1947, complete text in 1995, many editions and translations
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1948· 1 entry
V zemi, kde zítra již znamená včera, about the Soviet Union, 1932
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1943· 2 entries
Died 1943-09-08.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #death
“Människor, jag har älskat er alla. Var på er vakt!”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:pt
1941· 1 entry
Belonged to the CPC's Central Committee
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1940· 1 entry
The Gestapo started to search for him in Chotiměř because of his cooperation with the CPC, and so he decided to move back to Prague
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1938· 1 entry
Fučík married Augusta Kodeřičová, later known as Gusta Fučíková
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1934· 1 entry
This time for two years, and wrote reports, which again worked to support the Party's strength
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1930· 1 entry
Visited the Soviet Union for four months, including the Czechoslovak collectivist colony Interhelpo in Central Asia, and painted a very positive picture of the situation there in the book V zemi, kde zítra již znamená
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1929· 2 entries
Went to literary critic František Xaver Šalda's magazine Tvorba ("Creation")
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Helped the creation of its more politically motivated successor, Left Front
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1920· 1 entry
Took up study in Prague and joined the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party, through which he was later to find himself swept up in the left-wing current
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1913· 1 entry
Fučík moved with his family from Prague to Plzeň (Pilsen) where he attended the state vocational high school
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1903· 1 entry
Born 1903-02-23.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth