Zweiter Weltkrieg 1939 -1945 (1366)
born on 24th February 1921 in Čierny Balog, Central Slovakia
1941 – joined the sapper units of the Slovak Army
1943 – transferred to Crimea, didn’t participate directly in the fights, pyrotechnics, later joined the partisan forces
1943 – shortly imprisoned by ...
born 13th August 1924, Roztoky by Jilemnice
1944, forced labour in the Daimler-Benz factory in Nová Paka
illegally crossed the borders to Poland, crossed the Eastern Front and was captured by the Red Army; accused of espionage, sentenced to prison; escaped during ...
born not far from Chust in Carpathian Ruthenia on July 24, 1919
enlisted to the Hungarian Army after the occupation of Carpathian Ruthenia
decided to flee to the Soviet Union - crossed the border on July 15, 1940
arrested by the Soviet soldiers, sent to ...
born April 7th 1922 in Carpathian Rruthenia
emigrated in 1939, arrested in the Soviet Union and then interned in labour camps and prisons
1943 joined the Svoboda´s army
nurse on the eastern front
after the war lived with her husband Fedor in northern Bohemia, ...
Czech family in Volyn, Ukraine
brought up patriotically
educated in Polish
Kooperativa - a grouping of shops, rationing (Central Agricultural Cooperative - ed.)
forced to enter training with the Red Army
joined the Czechoslovak Army
returned with parents ...
born May 16th, 1923
Volyně Czech, after the liberation of Ukraine by the Red Army he joined the Czechoslovak army unit
served as a radio operator, took part in the fighting in Slovakia and in the Dukla Pass
after the war he remained in the army till his ...
born on February 16th 1927 in Kiev, Ukraine
studied a Czech school in Kiev
in 1941 the whole family was deported to a Soviet camp Oranky
then lived in the Volga area, near Stalingrad
joined the II. Airborne division in Buzuluk in 1943
worked as an operator ...
born on November 11th 1921 at Volhynia in a Czech family
studied a Polish school
worked at a grange when young
in March 1944 entered the forces of the Czechoslovak army as a machine-gunner
fought at Dukla, was wounded twice
settled down near Žatec after the ...
born November 26, 1922 in Carpathian Ruthenia
after the Hungarian occupation as a partisan
on his way to Prague arrested by the Gestapo, he escaped before being handed over to the Hungarians
again arrested by the Soviets while attempting escape to the USSR, ...
Born in 1921 in Carpatho-Ukraine.
In 1939, he was drafted to the army, which was soon dissolved, though.
Decided to run to the East but was detained by a Hungarian guard. During the second attempt he got to the hands of Russians.
He was sentenced to five years ...