Karel (Charles) Novacek was nearly seventeen years old when on May 9, 1945, his homeland of CzechoSlovakia was liberated from Nazi Germany, mainly by the Russians from the East, and also by the Americans from the West. Freedom at last! Soon after Russian troops occupied the country and Charles’ struggle for freedom and work in the …
The 17th of November is INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ DAY, an observance of student activism throughout the world. The date commemorates the anniversary of the 1939 demonstrations in Prague, Czechoslovakia by Czech students against the German Nazi occupation which resulted in the killing of Jan Opletal – an aspiring medical student by Nazi soldiers. The student’s funeral procession …
St. Clair County(Michigan) Community College’s 18th annual Global Awareness Day is set for Wednesday, November 19, 2014. This year’s theme is “Holocaust, Persecution and Refugees.” The day’s schedule includes emotional stories from survivors and refugees and experts discussing current refugee crises, including in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine. All events are free and in the …
Pictured above are Charles’ grandfather Karel Novacek, uncle Karel Novacek and grandmother Maria Novacek at home in Tasov. name day noun the feast day of the saint after whom a person is named the day on which a person is christened “Antonín, my father, was born on June 2, 1896, in a village called Tasov, …
“Mother showed me the nearby cemetery, where Ilonka was buried. Once a year on Dusicky (All Souls’ Day) on November 2, like everybody else from the village, we would go to the cemetery, and my family would light the customary candle at my sister’s grave in her honor.” …
