born June 6th 1921 in Nové Benátky
1939 graduated from secondary school
1939–1940 escaped from the Protectorate via Hungary, Yugoslavia, and the Middle East to France
June 1940 deployed as a telegraphist in the fighting for France, retreat when the Germans ...
born on March 11, 1923 in Český Těšín
started apprenticeship for a tailor
at the beginning of the war had to work in a clothing-cleaning shop
drafted to the German army – veterinarian unit
with the veterinarian unit he was on the western as well as the ...
born on April, 21, in Prague
of Jewish extraction, emigration
joined the army in 1940
North Africa
battle of Tobruk
battle of Dunkirk ...
born on May 24, 1925, in Carpathian Ruthenia in Mukačevo
in 1939 he fled to Romania to his father
he got to Palestine via Turkey and Cyprus in 1940
he wasn’t accepted to the army because of his low age
went to Jerusalem to his father 1942, submitted an ...
born December 23rd 1917 in Palkovice near Frýdek-Místek, studied grammar school in Přívoz, began studying at the Czech Technical University in Prague
took part in student demonstrations in October 1939, on November 17th he was moved out of a student dorm
after ...
born in Brno in a family of a lawyer
brother was a military pilot in Britain
during the war served as an assistant nurse in France and Britain
studied in Scotland, then served as a doctor in the Royal Army Medical Corps in England, later overseas
after the ...
a true fighter pilot ace among WWII pilots, became a legendary pilot of World War II nicknamed General of the Skies
born April 8, 1911 in Morkůvky near Břeclav
became one of the best fighter pilots of the then Czechoslovakia
excellent representative of his ...
Born nearby Rakovník, attended municipal school
Studied military music school and a college of music
Emigrated from the Protectorate, captured in Romania and then in Hungary
Fled via Yugoslavia (the “eastern route”) to France
After the fall of France he fled ...
born in Prague on March 29th, 1913, spent his childhood in Kolín
came of a line of Kolín Jews, whose members died in Auschwitz
joined the Army in 1935, participant of the mobilization in 1938
emigration in 1939
voyage on board of the ships Melk and Milos, one ...
comes from a Jewish family
at the age of 16 he and his brother were sent to Britain
the next two years he worked as an agricultural worker
in 1941, at the age of 18, he joined the Czechoslovak exterritorial army and accomplished basic military training
then ...