Czechoslovak WWII veteran of Tobruk, Dunkirk battles dies at age 101

A Czechoslovak veteran of World War II who fought in the battles of Tobruk and Dunkirk has died at the age of 101, Czech Television reported. Bernard Papánek, who immigrated to Israel in the 1960s lived out his final days in Slovakia, where he died of Covid-19 shortly after his birthday.