Remains of General František Moravec to be buried in his hometown of Čáslav

The remains of General František Moravec who headed Czechoslovak military intelligence before and during WWII and is said to have ordered Operation Anthropoid, should return from the US to his hometown of Čáslav in central Bohemia later in April, Defense Minister Jana Černochová told the Czech News Agency.

František Moravec fought with the Czechoslovak Legions in World War I and eventually became head of military intelligence in the First Republic, a post he kept under Edvard Beneš’s government in exile in London.

The general, who spent the rest of his life in the US, will be buried in the Čáslav town cemetery, according to his wish. The symbolic transfer of his remains to his home country will be part of the Czech defence minister’s trip to the US.