Winton’s Children

Holocaust

Jiří Kafka as a RAF pilot

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Jiří Pavel Kafka

* 1924

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Royal Air Force and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Leo Kohn in 1945

Leo Kohn

* 1924

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Holocaust, Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

koeppelova_lenka_1939_7949v.jpg (historic)

Lenka Köppelová roz. Schneiderová

* 1928 †︎ 2016

Emigrant, Holocaust, Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Zuzana Marešová in 1939

Zuzana Marešová

* 1932

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Winton’s Children

13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Hugo Marom 1948

Hugo Marom

* 1928 †︎ 2018

Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Winton’s Children, Royal Air Force

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel), 1948 Arab–Israeli War

picture after the War

Susanne Medas

* 1923

Emigrant, Holocaust, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Winton’s Children

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Every child on the train had its ID card. Eva had the number 639.

Eva Paddock

* 1935

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Winton’s Children

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Otto Pick, 4.1.2012

Private First Class (ret.) Otto Pick

* 1925 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Anti-communist rebel, A cultural celebrity, Winton’s Children and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Margita Rytířová in her uniform - 1943

Margita Rytířová roz. Schneiderová

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Royal Air Force, Veteran of WW2, western front, Winton’s Children

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Tom Schrecker

Tom Schrecker

* 1932

Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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