What is Jiří Navrátil?
[[File:Jiří Navrátil.jpg|thumb|Navrátil in July 2015]] '''Jiří Navrátil''' (10 September 1923 – 16 January 2017) was a Czech scout leader and anti-communist activist. He served as the President of [[Junák]], the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] Scout and Guide association. ==Early life== Navrátil was born in [[Germany]]. In 1937. he became a Scout in [[Prague]]. ==Prison years== He was arrested and held several months by the [[Gestapo]] during [[World War II]]. In 1949, he tried to oppose the [[Communist]] takeover of [[Czechoslovakia]] with other Scouts. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and was released in 1960. ==Career== During the [[Prague Spring]] in 1968, Navrátil was one of the refounders of [[Junák]], the Czech Scout movement. The movement was suppressed again in 1970. Following the [[Velvet Revolution]] in 1989, he became one of the main Leaders of the third restoration of Junák. He was one of the important people of the 1999 10th European Conference of Guiding and Scouting in Prague, in which President [[Václav Havel]] gave the opening speech. ==Awards== In 2002, Navrátil was awarded the 292nd ''[[Bronze Wolf]]'', the only distinction of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.<ref>https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/list {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129053624/https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/List |date=2020-11-29 }} complete list</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/3618/33001/file/bwawards.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-01-16 |archive-date=2012-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219003345/http://www.scout.org/en/content/download/3618/33001/file/bwawards.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Death== Navrátil died on 16 January 2017 in Prague at the age of 93.<ref>[http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/v-93-letech-zemrel-byvaly-politicky-vezen-a-skaut-jiri-navratil/1438599 V 93 letech zemřel bývalý politický vězeň a skaut Jiří Navrátil