Photo: Kateřina Šulová, ČTK
Born in 1929, Dita Kraus lived through the horrors of the Holocaust and went on to build a new life in the young state of Israel. Her story — from a Prague childhood to Terezín, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen — became a lasting symbol of courage and resilience. She called Czechoslovakia and Israel her “two imperfect homelands,” forever linked by memory and loss. Dita Kraus passed away on October 18, 2025.
When the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939, ten-year-old Dita Polachová’s world changed overnight.
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Author: Vít Pohanka