Jan Jesenský Jr.
Template:Expand Czech Jan Jesenský Jr. ((5 March 1904 – 24 October 1942) was a Czech scientist and a member of the Resistance during World War II.
Jesenský was born in Prague to Milada and František Jesenský.<ref name=B>Template:Cite web</ref> He was a cousin of the writer Milena Jesenská.<ref name=CT />
In 1922 he enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University; after his graduation he published several monographs, mainly in the area of dentistry.<ref name=V />
In 1927 he married Dr. Alžběta Guttmannová.<ref name=V />
He worked with his uncle Professor Jan Jesenský at Prague Stomatologic Clinic, assistant professor at Prague University.<ref name=V>Template:Cite web</ref>
After the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Hitler, he became a member of a secret military resistance organisation. In 1942 he was arrested by the Gestapo; his wife Alžběta, brother Jiří and sister-in-law Žofia were also arrested and taken to the Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria where all four of them died on October 24, 1942.<ref name=CT>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 1946 he was awarded the Czechoslovak Medal of Honour War Cross.<ref name=V />
A plaque in the centre of Prague commemorates Alžběta and Jan Jesenská.<ref name=CT />