Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:54:30 +020080 years since Czechoslovak gulag prisoners granted amnesty in order to fight in WWIIhttps://english.radio.cz/80-years-czechoslovak-gulag-prisoners-granted-amnesty-order-fight-wwii-8738622© 2026 Radio Prague International This week marks exactly 80 years since the Soviet Union officially granted amnesty to Czechoslovak prisoners who were being held in Gulag labour camps. Thousands of young men escaped from occupied Czechoslovakia into the Soviet Union at the beginning of World War II, only to be accused of false charges and sent to work in the notorious Soviet forced labour system. Those who survived went on to fight alongside the Red Army on the Eastern Front. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/b552456336db70d0ca68776f7e9407b1.jpg?timestamp=1641560717 80 years since Czechoslovak gulag prisoners granted amnesty in order to fight in WWII https://english.radio.cz/80-years-czechoslovak-gulag-prisoners-granted-amnesty-order-fight-wwii-8738622 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9