Kriegsveteranen (529)
Nationalsozialismus (1030)
born on 26th January in Svatý Štěpán, a village at the Slovak-Moravian border
studied and worked in Zlín at the Baťa company
1939, sent to Borov, Yugoslavia
May 1940, entered the army through the French consulate in Belgrade
through Greece and Turkey, he got ...
born on March 19th 1917 in Velehrad village in Uherske Hradiste region
after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Hitler’s Germany he joined the resistance organization called Defending the Nation
left the country in 1940, went to France via Syria where exile ...
born January 11th 1916 in Brandýs nad Labem in a family of a railways employee
studied at Kyjov grammar school, then medical faculty in Brno, due to the closing down of Czech universities in autumn 1939 unable to complete his studies
at the turn of 1939 and 1940 ...
born April 29th 1915 in Brno
due to the closing down of Czech universities in 1939 did not finish his studies of medicine, went into exile
via the Balkan way got to France
after France’s capitulation transported by ship to Great Britain
in Birmingham ...
born on June 1, 1919 in Olomouc, Jewish origin
spent his childhood in Mikulov, where he attended a Czech municipal school, then a German grammar school and a Czech grammar school in Břeclav
started to study a higher school of agricultural studies but was expelled ...
born in Závada on March 5, 1925
became a locksmith
drafted to the army in 1942, first to Český Těšín, then with the Wehrmacht to the French town of Metz where he went through military training
captured by the Scottish in Bayeux on June 18, 1944 (after the ...
Born September 8th 1918 in Belgrade
Father owned significant travel company Mellion a spol., parents and brother did not survive Holocaust
Emmigrated to England in 1939, worked as ambulance driver in Warrington during air raids on Britain, married English Lady ...
born in Ostrava
activity in the home resistance, member of the resistance group Defence of the Nation
dramatic and long flight through Switzerland, France and Spain to Britain
internment in the Spanish camp Miranda del Ebro
work for the Czechoslovak Ministry ...
born on May 2nd 1918 in Borsice village
after 1939 he left to Poland to fight against Germans, back off to Soviet Union
transported to Middle East
involved in battles in Syria, Libanon and Tobruk
he went to Bahamas via Africa, Great Britain, and North ...
born 1913
father and grandfather were soldiers
studied a military academy
after the occupation decided to emigrate
served in British and French units
fought at Monte Cassino, Dunkerque, and others
after the war left the army
worked in an export ...