Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ko da yake ya girma ne mai karfi anti-militarist, ya ƙare da ciwon wani gagarumin soja aiki da aka bayar da soja kwaskwarima da hudu kasashe: Faransa (Croix de guerre), Poland (War Order of Virtuti Militari), Yugoslavia (Order na National Merit) da kuma Czechoslovakia (da dama kwaskwarima ciki har da Czechoslovak War Cross da kuma mafi girma domin na Czechoslovakia, Order na White Lion). Ya yi gwagwarmaya a matsayin mai ba da agaji a Brigades na Duniya a cikin Yakin Basasa na Spain da kuma juriya na Faransa na Nazi a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II ya koma Czechoslovakia kuma ya shiga cikin karfafa ikon Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Czechoslovakia a cikin shekarun da suka gabata, kuma nan da nan bayan, juyin mulkin Czechoslovak na 1948. Aikin soja ya ƙare a ƙarshen 1940s lokacin da ya zama babban sakatare na duk ƙungiyoyin kwaminisanci a cikin Sojojin Czechoslovak. A farkon shekarun 1950 ya zama wanda aka azabtar da 'yan gurguzu kuma aka yanke masa hukuncin shekaru 12 a kurkuku. Ya yi fiye da shekara biyar a kurkuku da sansanin aiki a ma'adinan uranium. A shekara ta 1956, an sake shi kuma daga baya aka sake shi. Bayan da
Warsaw Pact mamaye Czechoslovakia a 1968 ya yi hijira zuwa Switzerland. Ya mutu a Yverdon-les-Bains a shekara ta 1983.