It was the first Czech village liberated by the Red Army. During a five-day operation in March 1945, the fighting destroyed 90 percent of Osoblaha, and the arriving Soviet soldiers then raped many local women and girls. It is clear that the small village in the former Sudetenland, famous for its narrow-gauge railway, is still known for its wartime horrors. As part of its pre-election series, this time the daily Aktuálně.cz went to one of the mos…
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It was the first Czech village liberated by the Red Army. During a five-day operation in March 1945, the fighting destroyed 90 percent of Osoblaha, and the arriving Soviet soldiers then raped many local women and girls. It is clear that the small village in the former Sudetenland, famous for its narrow-gauge railway, is still known for its wartime horrors. As part of its pre-election series, this time the daily Aktuálně.cz went to one of the mos…