Harry Jelinek

{{Short description|Czechoslovak con artist and Nazi propaganda publisher}}

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Josef "Harry" Jelinek (October 14, 1905–1986) was a Czechoslovak con artist and publisher of Nazi propaganda, who is reputed to have fraudulently sold the Karlštejn Castle to American industrialists in 1945.{{cite web|last1=Jan|title=Legendární podvodník – neváhal prodat Karlštejn ani vydat český Mein Kampf|url=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/exkluzivne-na-ct24/210532-legendarni-podvodnik-nevahal-prodat-karlstejn-ani-vydat-cesky-mein-kampf/|website=www.ceskatelevize.cz|publisher=Česká televize|accessdate=24 June 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624203812/http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/exkluzivne-na-ct24/210532-legendarni-podvodnik-nevahal-prodat-karlstejn-ani-vydat-cesky-mein-kampf/|archivedate=24 June 2014|url-status=live|date=13 January 2013}}{{cite web|last1=Claxton|first1=Matthew|title=I may have a bridge to sell you|url=http://www.langleyadvance.com/opinion/editorial/i-may-have-a-bridge-to-sell-you-1.670136|website=langleyadvance.com|publisher=Glacier Community Media|accessdate=24 June 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624202808/http://www.langleyadvance.com/opinion/editorial/i-may-have-a-bridge-to-sell-you-1.670136|archivedate=24 June 2014|url-status=dead|date=24 October 2013}}{{cite web|last1=Velinger|first1=Jan|title=Victor Lustig - the man who (could have) sold the world|url=http://www.radio.cz/en/section/czechs/victor-lustig-the-man-who-could-have-sold-the-world|website=www.radio.cz|publisher=Radio Praha|accessdate=24 June 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313214437/http://radio.cz/en/section/czechs/victor-lustig-the-man-who-could-have-sold-the-world|archivedate=13 March 2014|url-status=live|date=15 October 2003}}

Biography

Jelinek was born 14 October 1905 in Vlašim, Austria-Hungary and died in Guarene d'Alba, Italy in 1986.[http://www.slovnik-nakladatelstvi.cz/osobnosti/harry-jelinek.html Czech Dictionary]

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Further reading

  • Kolektiv: Slovník odpovědných redaktorů a šéfredaktorů legálního českého denního tisku v letech 1939 až 1945, Charles University in Prague : Prague 2007.
  • Tomáš Pasák: Soupis legálních novin, časopisů a úředních věstníků v českých zemích z let 1939-1945. Charles University in Prague in 1979.
  • Jana Čechurová: Podvodník velkého stylu Harry Jelínek, in Falza a podvody české historie. Akropolis Prague 2001.
  • Arno Bělohlávek, Karel Dobeš : Neprodal jen Karlštejn. Mladá fronta Praha 1984

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Category:1905 births

Category:1982 deaths

Category:People from Vlašim

Category:Confidence tricksters

Category:Czechoslovak fraudsters

Category:Impostors

Category:Czechoslovak emigrants to Italy

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