Kindl, Václav

Born 25.8.1916 Dašice ( Pardubice district )
Died 20.5.1944 Nasavrky



He attended the 4th grade of the municipal school in Dašice, then entered the Real Grammar School in Pardubice which he graduated with a matriculation diploma after 8 years.


1.10.1936 he started military service to the 4th battery of the 52nd artillery regiment, granted the character of an aspirant


23.12.1936 lance corporal aspirant


31.5.1937 transferred to the 1st battery of the 54th Artillery Regiment


1.7.1936 corporal aspirant


1.9.1937 sergeant aspirant


30.9.1937 transferred to the Military Academy in Hranice


1.2.1938 promoted to second lieutenant


14.8.1938 graduated from the academy as 39 out of 236 students, assigned to the 9th Artillery Regiment in Bratislava, promoted to lieutenant


6.6.1939 discharged as a Czech citizen from the Slovak army


July 1939 crossed to Poland and joined the Czechoslovak foreign army


In the summer of 1939, after signing a pledge in the Foreign Legion, he sailed to France on the ship Chrobry and was subsequently sent to Sidi Bel Abbes for training


By October 1939 he was serving with the Foreign Legion in the Zouave Regiment in Tunis


9.10.1939 presented to the Czechoslovak troops in Agde in the 11th company of the 2nd Infantry Regiment


16.11.1939 transferred to the 4th Company


In January 1940 appointed 1st officer of the 2nd battery of the 1st gun. Regiment


7.7.1940 on the ship Vice of India transported to England, assigned to 1.cannon. Detachment of the 1st Battery


27.9.1940 assigned to the command reserve


21.2.1941 with 3rd Battery, 1st Gun Regiment


11.7.1941 transferred to the headquarters of the 1st Artillery Regiment


25.10.1941 lieutenant


October 1941 sent to STS course - 26


November 1941 parachute jump training


5.2.1942 deployed to perform special tasks, designated group commander INTRANSITIVE, completed other courses


29.4.1942 dropped with the group in the Rožmitál region in South Bohemia


In May 1942, the group operated in Bernartice


In June 1942, the Gestapo got on the group's trail with the help of a big arrest in Bernartice


By January 1943, the group managed to hide and escape the Gestapo.


On March 7, 1944, the Commemorative Medal of the Čs. Army Abroad with labels F and VB


On 16 March 1943, however, he was arrested by the Gestapo. He tried to find a way out in cooperation in the hope of getting a chance to warn London or escape


He worked for the Gestapo until May 1944 when, after initial reluctance, he carried out all his tasks reliably and caused the death and arrest of many people.


On the night of 19-20 May 1944, allegedly shot by mistake during a Gestapo operation in Nasavrky. However, the identification of the corpse was made only with the help of a photograph found next to the corpse, and doubts about his death arose soon after the war.




After the war, a supposed friend of his brother's from England began writing to his sister, sending her foreign currency and gifts. A graphological analysis of the handwriting revealed that it could also be Kindle.




Source.
http://www.lib.cas.cz/parasut/kindl.htm

I would like to add just a few details about the death of Václav Kindl.


Václav Kindl was accidentally shot by Gestapo officer Franz Neupärtel, who fatally wounded him during a search of František Marek's villa in Nasavrky. This was allegedly the hiding place of other paratroopers. Kindl acted as a provocateur in the whole operation. After Marek's arrest, Kindl searched his house and, after searching the first floor, jumped from the balcony into the garden. There, a surprised Neupärtel fired at him, hitting him in the stomach. Despite prompt medical attention, however, Kindl died the same night. In the hospital in Chrudim, Kindl was listed under the name Václav Král, which he used as a cover name in the service of the Gestapo. He was subsequently buried under this name.


Jaroslav Nachtmann, a well-known Gestapo collaborator, was an important witness to his death. This prominent member of the Prague Gestapo's anti-Parashtar Gestapo office had befriended Kindl and, according to witnesses, was deeply devastated by his death.


Reports that Kindl was alive and living in England appeared shortly after the war. However, the main source of this speculation later became J. Frolik's book, The Spy Tells. According to Frolik, the investigation into Kindl's death was to be devoted to the StB operation "DANA". However, Frolik mentions many inaccuracies that greatly reduce his credibility.


However, the StB did indeed investigate the correspondence between Kindl's sister and a certain Donat from London in the early 1960s. However, it has never been proven that the latter could be Kindl. The version of Kindl's death was reconfirmed by Jaroslav Nachtmann in his memoirs, which he wrote in Ruzyně Prison after his release from captivity in the USSR.


Source.
Jiří Plachý - The Second Life of Npor. Václav Kindl ; History and Military 4/2007 pp. 89-94