House burnt down in Kerhartice near Česká Lípa

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… about ten people, in Kerhartice, it was a big house near Česká Lípa, a huge one. They bought the house with that … grannies living there. And the grannies wanted a flat in Česká Lípa, and [the authorities - trans.] didn’t give the … the concert the grannies suddenly got a beautiful flat in Česká Lípa, and a week later the house burnt down because …

Journey from Hungary to Česká Lípa during the World War II

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… of 1944 we set off. All she knew was that my father was in Česká Lípa, and so we set off on our journey to Česká Lípa. I think she was so depressed and [...] that my … Journey from Hungary to Česká Lípa during the World War II …

My father tore up my school application and slapped me

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… “When I was finishing primary school in Česká Lípa, I wanted to continue at a secondary medical … it is.’ And so, I had to do as he told me. I found a job in Česká Lípa as an invoice clerk in a fruit and vegetable …

The post-war expulsion, part I

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… people there. They assigned my dad to the post office in Česká Lípa, where the postmistress was a German. She was to … her, I was fourteen, she was twenty-one. They sent her to Česká Lípa, to the concentration camp, and I went to visit …

Husák’s youth

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… the identity cards over to us in the Jiráskovo theatre in Česká Lípa, the crazy dogmatic Stalinist had a speech to us …

The expulsion committee in Vagonka Česká Lípa

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… The expulsion committee in Vagonka Česká Lípa …

Mucking out early in the morning, grazing cows after school until dark

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… back before. Even after I had started attending school in Česká Lípa, I still had the same responsibilities. I came … to help in the morning?” – “When I was going to school in Česká Lípa, I had to help muck out the stables in the …

Introduction

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… knows me as Elinor, everybody calls me Lenka. I was born in Česká Lípa, probably by chance because we always lived in …

Without a job

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… “They were StB agents from Česká Lípa and there were so many interrogations – and I …

The development of textile factories after the war and the removal of the Carpathian Germans

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… example - the first factory he fixed up was in Žandov near Česká Lípa. There was an abandoned director's villa, so we … were also excited. They just pushed the Germans away at the Česká Lípa, so it was empty there, so there.... Yes, that …