Eva was only 8 when she was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau from Terezin in Transport Er no. 385 on October 16,1944 then sadly murdered upon her arrival.
On 27 May 1942, a high-ranking German Nazi official and the Nazi Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia - Reinhard Heydrich, was being driven f...
The story of Nicholas Winton, who rescued hundreds of Czech children from the Nazis before World War Two broke out.
Tomas was only 7 when he was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in Transport Dr no.1275 on December 15,1943 then sadly murdered upon his arrival.
Man who helped evacuate more than 600 mostly Jewish children before second world war commemorated by Czech Post
Vera was sadly killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau on October 6,1944 at age 5
Daughter of ‘the British Schindler’ calls on home secretary to extend same compassion as greeted the 669 children evacuated to Britain in 1939
27 April 1933 | A Czech Jewish, girl Zuzana Freundová, was born in Chomutov. In #Theresienstad Ghetto from 22 December 1942. Deported to #Auschwitz on 4 October 1944 and murdered in a gas chamber.
Tomas was only 8 when he was sadly killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau on September 9,1943
Alfred was only 6 when he was sadly murdered at Zamosc ghetto on July 28,1942
On the occasion of the anniversary of the end of WW II, I speak with well-known historian Matěj Spurný about the Sudeten Germans whose future in post-war Czechoslovakia was sealed when many lined up with Nazi Germany ahead of the Munich Agreement. Most of the ethnic German population was forced to leave – spelling the end of what had been a largely peaceful coexistence going all the way back to the…
13 January 1922 | A Czech Jewish woman, Hana Picková, was born in Ostrava. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 15 May 1944. She did not survive.
World War II is known to be the deadliest conflict in human history. Somewhere between 50 to 85 million people have lost their lives due to the pointless, mindless war that was based on two Utopian ideologies. Needless to say, the combats only served the upper men instead of those who fought them.
Among ordinary folk the debate around accepting asylum seekers reduces itself to one of two propositions. Either one argues ‘do to others as you would have them do to you’ or else ̵…
Prague - A new film about a Briton who organized mass evacuations of children to help them avoid being sent to their deaths in Nazi concentration camps is having a world premiere in Prague, the Czech capital.
Hana was only 10 when she was sadly killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau on May 20,1944
On 27 May 1942, a high-ranking German Nazi official and the Nazi Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia - Reinhard Heydrich, was being driven f...
She was imprisoned in four death camps and endured starvation, illness and the constant threat of death in Hitler’s gas chambers
In 1939, on the eve of World War II, a young British stockbroker called Nicholas Winton did something truly incredible. He risked his life to successfully save 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia during The Holocaust by ensuring their safe passage to Britain.
Sir Nicholas Winton, who has been granted the Czech Republic's highest honour, is the 'British Schindler' who saved hundreds of children from the Nazis