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- ItemŠvýcarští nacisté/frontisté v rychnovském Getewentu. Průmyslový podnik v netypické roli mocenského centra švýcarských kolaborantů a nacistůRous, Ivan; Zahradník, JiříThe study focuses on the activities of Swiss Nazis/ Frontists in the Rychnov Getewent factory during World War II. The analysis of archival, largely unprocessed materials from Swiss, German and Allied investigation files deals with the recruitment of Swiss workers, who were organized not only on the basis of professional requirements, but also as part of a broader strategy of the Nazi regime to recruit Swiss citizens for the SS and SA units. Fritz Osthoff played a key role when he organized the arrival of Swiss workers in the Getewent, often under dubious and illegal circumstances. Getewent is the first documented case of an industrial enterprise in the region that served as a Nazi base with international reach and ties to Nazi leaders.
- ItemZ rodného Turnova za berany Liberatoru. Plukovník in memoriam Ludvík KošekVotava, MilanThe study summarizes the life story of a Czechoslovak member of the British Royal Air Force. Ludvík Košek belongs to the most prominent natives of the North Bohemian town of Turnov. He is significantly associated with the pre-war history of the Turnov society of the Sokol sports organization and the LTC Turnov hockey team, within which he performed consistently at the regional level for several years and in various sport disciplines. After the Nazi occupation in March 1939, as aformer member of the First Republic Czechoslovak Air Force, he belonged to the group of those who decided to leave the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia with the aim of joining the anti-Nazi resistance. He served in Poland, France and Great Britain and as a gunner and later a pilot in the British Royal Air Force, he significantly contributed to the liberation of the occupied homeland. His long operational activity is exceptional in the area of today‘s Liberec Region. However, he died with his entire crew while returning from an operational flight on July 13, 1944. Proof of his importance as alocal personality has been the post-war effort to maintain his legacy not only in his hometown.
- ItemLevitující granáty v křišťáluNováková, Kateřina NoraZdeňka Laštovičková (*1955) is one of the prominent figures who devoted their jewelry creation to glass and significantly developed its use in jewelry. She began her professional career by studying at the Secondary School of Arts and Crafts in Železný Brod and then continued at the Art and Industrial School (VŠUP) in Prague in the Metal and Jewelry studio. Her jewelry often uses glass that is laid down, melted or wound by alamp, which is shaped mainly into geometric forms and set in asilver structure. Her combination of Czech garnets with crystal enamel is particularly innovative. Since the early 1980s, she has led young talents in the field of jewelry at the Secondary School of Arts and Crafts in Železný Brod and held the role of director there from 2000 to 2015. She also worked as an external designer for the Jablonex Group, for the Bijoux de Boheme brand.