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“So don’t take Růženka away from me…”
The story of Emílie Machálková introduction: Following the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Roma and Sinti became the targets of systematic racial policies, which gradually led to deportations to extermination camps and other repressive measures, including forced sterilisations. It was in this atmosphere of fear and uncertainty that Emílie Holomková, later Machálková,…
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“I’ve always had the courage to live…”
The story of Marie Kudeříková and her legacy The story of Marie Kudeříková shows how profoundly the Nazi occupation could transform the lives of young people, and how personal experience, the search for one’s own values and political stances intertwined with the pressures of the times. Her prison diaries and letters, which constitute an exceptionally…