Escape from Šternberk in October 1938

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… “Then we had to flee from Šternberk. It was during the mobilization when the soldiers … Because of that, it took us the whole night to get from Šternberk to Olomouc. We took only what we were able to … wagon in a horse-drawn carriage. The carriage waited in Šternberk and it was just shortly before the occupation. …

Father’s death in Šternberk internment camp

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… “Father died early. Here in Šternberk, in the internment camp. I was in the mines at the … Father’s death in Šternberk internment camp …

Soviet soldiers seriously injured their father in spring 1945 in Šternberk

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… “When we came to Šternberk in 1945., the command had its office right next to … soldiers seriously injured their father in spring 1945 in Šternberk

The reason why the family escaped from Šternberk in the Sudetenland in October 1938

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… that when Hitler came, he would be riding that horse over Šternberk. She turned him in and in the evening we received … The reason why the family escaped from Šternberk in the Sudetenland in October 1938 …

Expulsion of the Germans

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… "The town of Šternberk was German. They were the first to drive the … them. When the expulsion happened, I saw trucks going from Šternberk through our town, I guess, to Olomouc, where …

Šternberk in the First Republic

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Šternberk in the First Republic …

Traveling with Count Šternberk

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… Traveling with Count Šternberk

As a hostage on a military train

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… down the door here, I´ll distribute food and we´ll walk to Šternberk.' We took the train from Šternberk to Olomouc and by then the situation was getting …

Resistance activity of Rostislav's uncle, Alois Smutek, and what he got after the war

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… Nothing. They went there and the train only went to Šternberk. So they thought, let’s go and look at the main … production onto him. And Franta got a smallholding in Šternberk.“ …

We slept outside like gypsies

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… advance. Then we set out on that journey. We had to wait in Šternberk for quite a long time. We were sitting outside …