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12. 11. 2024
Noráci: 20 life stories of Czech forced labourers in Norway

Explore the stories of Czechs in forced labour in Norway. Sendt mot Nord: 20 historier / Posláni na sever: 20 příběhů We would like to thank the descendants of the Noraci and especially Mr. Jar. Šimr, the last Czech survivor of forced labour in Norway, for their warm cooperation.

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26. 7. 2020
Jan Jansa from forced labour in Norway to Czechoslovak army in Great Britain

[wpgmza id="7"]   Jan Jansa was born on September 21, 1923 in the village Cizkrajov (German name Sitzgras) in South Moravia close to the Austrian border. However, he had a home affiliation in the not too distant town Želetava, where he also attended primary and middle school. In September 1939 he entered the apprenticeship of blacksmiths […]

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8. 12. 2019
Story of Jan Novotný

We know the story of Mr. Novotný thanks to his travel diary which was recently recovered at his family. He was born in 1923 at Nový Kostelec at the town Tábor. He was selected to be forcibly displaced by the Protectorate authorities in July 1942. His journey started to a labour camp in Berlin. On Friday […]

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5. 12. 2019
The Norwegian-Czech friendship from the war continues

John-Henrik Johansen lives in Oslo. He was born in Narvik in northern Norway. During the war Narvik was of strategic importance to the Germans because of the Swedish iron ore which was shipped from there and which was important to the German war industry. Thousands of Polish and Czech forcibly displaced workers worked in the town. […]

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