The Liberation of the Concentration Camp Holysov of Polish Unofficial Army and Allied Forces in Memories Cover Image

Osvobození koncentračního tábora Holýšov polskou neoficiální armádou a spojeneckými vojsky ve vzpomínkách pamětníků
The Liberation of the Concentration Camp Holysov of Polish Unofficial Army and Allied Forces in Memories

Author(s): Lukáš Taitl, Naděžda Morávková
Subject(s): Military history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Keywords: Holysov; concentration camps; Polish army Brygada Świętokrzyszka;

Summary/Abstract: Article tracks activities of unofficial Polish Army “Brygada Świętokrzyszka“ at the end of the Second World War, and particularly its reflection in memories. Army “Brygada Świętokrzyszka“ intervened in a concentration camp Holysov even a few hours before the arrival of Allied troops and liberated the prisoners interned here. There are difference portraits of Polish in memories, it is an another proof of its controversity.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 108-128
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Czech