Modesty, determination, vitality
We were honoured to interview a man who reached an imposing hundred years of age in 2013. Josef Načeradský was born at 87 Trhový...
Growing up unexpectedly
Another story from the Terezín ghetto is based on the memories of engineer Pavel Werner. Pavel was born in Prague on 3rd January 1932, but he grew up on...
From Kolín to Jerusalem
Another story, this time from the Terezín ghetto, with the memoirs of Mrs Hana Lustigová – Greenfield. She was born on November 3rd 1926...
Surviving three concentration camps
More memories were shared by JUDr. Evžen Basch, a prisoner from the Small Fortress in Terezín. He was born in Prague as the fi rst child of...
Imprisoned for Nothing
Another of our stories is the memories of a student from Roudnice, Ing. Karel Beránek. Karel was born on 17th December 1925 in Bílina in north-east...
Are Bad Times a Vulgar Term?
Prof. Robert Bardfeld was born on 10th June 1925 in Dobřichovice near Prague as the only child of a mechanical engineer Simon (Simcha) Bardfeld and Marie,...
Violinist, sokolist and psychologist
„My name is Křivohlavý, which is not to be used as the adjective Crooked Head. My fi rst name’s Jaro, for which I have the...
Who would have managed to do the same?
It was 21st June 1895 and in Smíchov, Prague, Přemysl Pitter, later a well-known Czech priest, writer, publicist, pacifi st, and social...
How much luck is needed in unlucky times?
Oldřich Stránský was born on June 2, 1921, in Most to the Jewish family of a Czech grain merchant, František...
When hell reigned on earth
This story we did not write lightly at all. Especially because Mr. Miloš (Milouš) Volf, who it is dedicated, died in early 2014 at the age of 88...
Never-ending pilgrimage of faith
Anna Magdalena Schwarzová (known as Nina) is a Czech nun – a Barefoot Carmelite. She was a religious activist, a prisoner of the Nazi and...
Curriculum Vitae number 71266
It is man’s destiny to live. One should certainly not suff er for having been born a Jew, for example. This is also true of the fate of the involuntary...