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Jan Březina
1937 – August 16, 1938
Czech flyer (1914–1938)
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Jan Březina was a Czech polar aviator, the youngest and only foreign participant in the famous Papanin expedition to the North Pole. In 1938, he was unjustly convicted and executed as one of the victims of Stalin's purges of 1937–1938.
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- Anniversary · August 16
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