On 22 May 2021 at 20.05, ČRo Plus broadcasts the premiere of a program about Czechs in Norway during the Second […]
On 22 May 2021 at 20.05, ČRo Plus broadcasts the premiere of a program about Czechs in Norway during the Second […]
During April 2021, we mailed about 180 letters to the descendants deployed. We ask them if we could look into […]
Mr. Oldřich Svoboda was born on April 19, 1921 in Třebíč. We were recently contacted by his now grandson from […]
The answer is yes. However, only those who survived the compensation paid after 1999. Applicants for compensation had to […]
The database of forced labourers in Norway is intended as a living database which, in addition to the basic data and […]
In March 2021 - the last day before the lockdown - Mrs. Švecová in Havlíčkův Brod handed over to our […]
Forced Czech workers who managed to escape to Sweden found help in the country, both from the Swedish authorities and […]
Hard work, harsh climatic conditions, poor security and a reluctance to serve the Germans have led many to be forced to […]
After long negotiations with the National Archives in Oslo, we bring the opportunity for families and other interested parties to […]
At the end of February 2021, Dr. V. Hingarová visitied grandchildren of Mr. Holub, Eva and Václav, in the village […]
On 15.2. 2021, the family from Prague-Stodůlky provided us with photographs of Mr. Jan Herian, who was deployed to Norway. He […]
At the end of January, the son of Mr. Zdeněk Opl visited us at the Faculty of Arts in Prague. […]
Czech Radio Plus (Český rozhlas) is preparing a program about the forced labor of Czechoslovaks in Norway. The almost hour-long program […]
On 2.2. in 2021 we were visited by a Prague collector who has in his collection a photographic legacy of František K., who […]
Emil Tůma from Nová Paka returned from forced labor in Narvik with a new suitcase. The original one fell apart, so […]
At the turn of 1942 and 1943, over 1,300 deployed Czechs passed through Trondheim in central Norway. Part of it […]
After the end of the war in Norway, Czechoslovaks were concentrated in concentration camps for so-called displaced persons. They waited […]
In Norway, there is a good part of documentation about the so called Czech Noráci. The vast majority of the papers […]
In October 2015, Gunnar D. Hatlehol defended his doctoral dissertation "Norwegeneinsatz 1940-1945. Organization Todt's workers in Norway and the degrees […]
The topic of forced deployment of Czech workers in Norway was elaborated by student Gabriela Králová in her bachelor's thesis, […]
At the end of September, we received several photos from Jan Novotný's relatives. It is a memorial album, which this forced […]
In August 2020, Anežka M. visited us and brought several war pictures from her grand-grandfather, who was an OT forced […]
The National Archives of Norway in Oslo recently made archival documents from World War II available. A central file of forced […]
Petr Řehoř is a painter and has lived in Finland since 1975. He is preparing an art project that themes the […]
Our project based on Czech-Norwegian war relations was presented on March 6, 2020 at a scientific conference in Munich as part […]
In September 2019, the researchers met with Mr. Švec from Havlíčkův Brod, who organized joint meetings of these ex-forced labourers […]
A series of lectures on relations between the Czech Republic and Scandinavia during World War II begins 4.3. at Charles University […]
A professional colloquium on the topic of forced labor in Scandinavia was planned on 3 April 2020 at the Faculty […]
The March issue of the Czech historical journal "Dějiny a současnost" has just been published. Our team participated in the preparation […]
The daughter of Josef Lébl from Prague-West keeps her father's suitcase from the war in the attic of the family […]
V rámci kurzu o Česko-skandinávských vztazích studenti UK pátrají po osudech nasazených v Norsku. Simona Kloučková hledá informace o mužích s příjmením Svoboda, Václav Křenek […]
Petr Řehoř is a painter and has lived in Finland since 1975. He is preparing an art project that themes the […]
In October 2019 we launched the test website NORACI.CZ. The site is planned to be fully operational at the turn […]
