# Karol Koch

> Karel František Koch was a Czech doctor known for rescuing Jews in Bratislava during the Holocaust. After the Communist takeover, he was jailed, but managed to escape the country shortly after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and settled in Canada.

*Czech doctor and humanitarian (1890-1981)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/karol-koch

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Czechia
- **Born:** 1890-06-29
- **Died:** 1981-01-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Karel František Koch was a Czech doctor known for rescuing Jews in Bratislava during the Holocaust. After the Communist takeover, he was jailed, but managed to escape the country shortly after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and settled in Canada.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 34.5
- **Momentum:** 15.0

## Sources
- [Karel František Koch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Franti%C5%A1ek_Koch)
- [Karol Koch](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_Koch)
- [Karol Koch](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_Koch)
- [Karol Koch](https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_Koch)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12768952)

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