75 years ago, Operation Ř began: A silent war against faith and religious sisters

In the summer of 1950, the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia launched Operation Ř, a targeted campaign aimed at the liquidation of female religious orders. Nuns were forcibly evicted from convents, separated by age, and transported to factories and remote locations, where they were forced to work under horrific conditions.

Seventy-five years ago, in July 1950, the Czechoslovak regime launched Operation Ř.

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