Vařák Meadows
meadows above the village of Pozděchov · Pozděchov 87, 756 11 Pozděchov, Czech Republic
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The partisans didn’t even show up

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When Mrs Kršáková was nine years old, her parents’ cottage and seven other houses in Vařákové paseky was burnt down by a unit of German soldiers. It was revenge for the death of one of the Germans killed by partisans who had been hiding at the cottage owners for the past two years. “They made us go outside, they started to set the cattle free and started to set the cottages on fire. And as our barn was burning, we had it roofed with asbestos cement and the heat caused the asbestos cement to give out noises similar to shooting. And the Germans were like: a single partisan, shooting ammunition. And they wanted to start throwing us in the fire. And my mother together with a neighbour begged for us not to be thrown into the fire, that it was the asbestos cement shooting. They believed it and let us be.” The cottages in Vařákové paseky were burning on 2nd May, at a time when most of the area was liberated by the Red Army. “As they were burning us, we heard music from Valašské Klobúky. We were being burnt and we could hear them greet the Russians.” The Germans interrogated the cottage owners, everyone, including the children, and at the same time they were also beating. They let the women go in the end, Mrs Kršáková’s brother and three other people were shot.

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Boženas Kršáková

Boženas Kršáková

Božena Kršáková nee Vařáková was born on 13.2.1936 above Pozděchov, on meadows called Vařákové paseky. First eight years of Boženas life, the family led restful life, although the war started meanwhile. In october 1944, the first partisans came to Vařákovy paseky and the life of the family dramatically changed. On the 2nd of May 1945, the Germans came to burn out Vařákovy paseky. It was revenge for death of one of their soldier, who was killed by partisans in the morning of previous day. Althoug the Red Army was those days already in some villages nearby, the houses on Vařákovy paseky were burnt down and the families were taken to Valašská Polanka, where four of them were executed. One of the executed was brother of Božena Kršáková, 20 year old Karel. When the war ended, Božena finished the elementary school, then worked in ammunition works in Vsetin, then in Distillery Jelínek in Vizovice. Now she´s retired and lives in Prlov, in the house her family built after war.

Vařák Meadows

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Until 1945, the meadows above the Wallachian village of Pozděchov were home to several local families living in cottages. The inhabitants of Vařák Meadows concealed partisans, a decision which proved to be fateful during the last days of the war. The partisans shot a German soldier here, and the following day, 2 May, a German division killed four of the settlers and burned down eight houses. Only cottages number 173 and 174 remained. Before that day, Vařák Meadows had 55 inhabitants; the place was gradually deserted after the war.

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The partisans didn’t even show up

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Boženas Kršáková
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