This article follows the fate of the second German Federal President Heinrich Lübke. Since his case was also closely associated with the West Bohemian Holysov, it is not without interest to recall it with celebration of the 70th anniversary after the war end. It&#...

Article tracks activities of unofficial Polish Army “Brygada Świętokrzyszka“ at the end of the Second World War, and particularly its reflection in memories. Army “Brygada Świętokrzyszka“ intervened in a concentration camp Holysov even a few hours before the arrival of Allied&#x...

The study offers a brief history of concentration camp in Flossenburg, built by Nazi Germany near the border with the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, as a source of manpower for the quarry companies Deutschen Erd und Steinwerken (DESt - German Earth and Stone...

Prisoner of war camps set up in the town of Holýšov during World War II are closely related to the position of Holýšov - in the border of the Empire, and the existence of branches of major concern armories Hermann Göhring here. The history of the ca...

The study briefly recalls the context of the World War II with a "mop up" of concentration camps and the liquidation of prisoners before and during death marches. Part of the text conveys mediated testimonies of prisoners and the dismissal of two of thei...