Who is the hero? The word hero comes from the Greek language and the first heroes are known from the Old Greek legends. Basically it can be said, that a hero is a person who is victorious in some struggle or was brave. There are many dead war heroes memorials around the whole Europe. The heroes are not only an outcome of a war, we can use the term in sense of other contests as well. In this sense our ice hockey players may become heroes in the Czech republic after the end of the ice hockey world championship. It just depends on their final placement.
My personal opinion is that a hero should achieve something more than just hunting a puck around the ice rink. My criteria are perhaps similar to those for hero medal awards, i.e. like saving a human life.
Looking into the history, the first one coming into my mind, are the Czech legionnaires and the Czech aviators fighting during the WWII. There were without any question many nameless heroes during the WWII usually saving their friends and relatives from certain death in the concentration camps. Perhaps the most known is the controversial Oskar Schindler who profited from the confiscated Jewish wealth, but saved more than 1000 Jews from the transports to the concentration camps. Other heroes appeared later during the communist dictatorship. Especially after the August 1968 occupation the ice hockey players who defeated the Soviet union team became a national heroes. Other distinct heroes are appearing during crisis like various natural disasters. Even a 6 years old girl saving a life to her 2 years old drowning friend is a true hero for me. Different persons might be heroes for the others, however this is perhaps the best way how to describe our contemporary heroes from my point of view.
Tereza
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