Vojak štyroch armád plukovník generálneho štábu Rudolf Pilfousek

Soldier of the Four Armies, Colonel of the General Staff, Rudolf Pilfousek

Autor: KOZOLKA Jaroslav

KOZOLKA, Jaroslav: Vojak štyroch armád plukovník generálneho štábu Rudolf Pilfousek

KOZOLKA, Jaroslav: Soldier of the Four Armies, Colonel of the General Staff, Rudolf Pilfousek.

Vojenská história, 22, 1, 2018, pp. 119-143.

In his contribution, the author deals with the topic of the signifi cant personality of the Slovak military power of 1939 – 1944 – Rudolf Pilfousek. He came from Bohemia, however, he was an offi cer of the German nationality. Pilfousek was an offi cer, the service of whom had refl ected the complicated and dramatic changes in the constitutional arrangement of the Central European nations of the fi rst half of the 20th century, when different states were rising and falling. During his military career, he served gradually as the soldier of four armies, fi rst as the member of the Austro-Hungarian Army and participated in the fi nal battles of the World War 1. Later on, he served as the higher offi cer of the artillery of the inter-war CS Army, in 1939 – 1944 he was the member of the Slovak Military Force and Colonel of the General Staff. In conclusion of his military career, he shortly became the member of the German SS, with the rank of SS-Standartenfűhrer. Among the historical community, he is considered to be a negative personality of the Slovak modern military history, a pro-German and pro-Nazi oriented offi cer of the German nationality, in spite of the fact that originally, during the World War 1, he acted as the totally loyal citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and later, after its collapse, as the CSR citizen, he was perceived as fully identifi ed with the Czechoslovak State and its state ideology.

Keywords: Military history. Slovakia. World War 2. Personal Data. Colonel of the General Staff Rudolf Pilfousek

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2018.22.1.7

Ročník: 22 | Číslo: 1/2018 | Stránky: 119-143