Oldřich Stránský (1921)

At the end I got more or less patronage job by the Leichenkommando. I was the "dead body carrier"

Mr. Oldřich Stránský was born in Most town in a multilingual Jewish family. During his childhood he spoke much better German, but his parents, who were influenced by their affection toward T. G. Masaryk and their own first Republic ideas decided to send him to Czech school. During the mid 20´s the Stránský family moved to Český Brod town, where his father took over the family business. Oldřich Stránský (and his brother) attended the Scout organization here and –according to his own words- it influenced his life essentially.

The Nazi occupation meant the same disaster to Stránský family as to the rest of the Jewish population. Their family business has been Aryanized and Oldřich Stránský was forced to leave the technical college when he was nineteen so he could start to work as a laborer. On June 22nd 1941 he was transported into the first Jewish concentration camp of the protectorate located in Lípa village by Havlíčkův Brod town. He never saw his parents and his brot ... 

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