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born February 15th 1924 in Ukrainian Puchov
parents originally farmers, in the 1930s their farm and property was confiscated
December 23rd 1943 drafted in the Red Army as a sniper
wounded at Rovno
after his recovery he joined Svoboda´s Czechoslovak army
in ...

she was born on June 22nd 1923 in Manětín town
she is a professional hairdresser
from January to October of 1943 she was forcibly deployed in Germany - Flak town;
she was released home due to her wedding; she never returned
her husband was a forester in ...

born 3rd April 1920 in Hulváky by Ostrava
started work at the Vítkovice steelworks after his apprenticeship
24th July 1939, illegally crossed the borders to Poland, there signed up to the newly formed Czechoslovak army as a volunteer
after Poland was attacked ...
born May 7th 1924 in Dresden in a Jewish German-speaking family
in 1930 the family moved to Liberec in Czech borderland
in reaction to rising anti-Semitic mood the family moved to Prague
parents shortly in a refugee camp, children in children’s homes
father a ...
born on 26. May 1920 in Hamburg in Czech-German Jewish family
in 1940 escaped to Yugoslavia, after it was attacked he wanted to get to Marseille and then to North Africa
captured in Italy, escaped twice
crossed the front to the Allies in southern Italy, joined ...
born in Praha-Vršovice on January 27th, 1925, the family lived in Libeň later on
his father lost his job as a turner in 1930, the family moved to the USSR during the economic crisis
he spent his childhood and youth in Pemza and Stalingrad, his school achievements ...

born October 30th, 1930 in Děčín
father František fought as a legionnaire on the Italian front, after the war suffered a leg injury during a fight with Hungarian Bolsheviks
in the 1930s the family lived in the border region and experience the rampage of German ...
born in Ruda nad Moravou on April 22nd, 1921
attended primary school in Zvole
graduated from Commercial College in Olomouc in 1942
sent to forced labor in Bernsbach in Niedersachsen in the same year
refused to come back to forced labor from his holiday, was ...
born on March 19th 1923 in Zdolbunov in Vohynia
attended Czech and polish schools and after the soviet occupation also Russian school
during the years 1941-1944 working upon the forced labor in the train depot as a turner
On March 24th 1944 escaped from the ...
born on February 9th, 1922 in Olomouc - Černovír
worked in Letňany, avoided forced labor twice
for the third time sent off to France
participated in pitching up Hitler's tent and building his bunker
forced labor in Belgium as well
shortly imprisoned after ...