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Hana Maria Pravda (née Becková; after first marriage, Munk; after second marriage, Pravda; 29 January 1916 − 22 May 2008[1]) was a Czech actress.[2]
Hana Maria Becková was born in Prague on 29 January 1916. She trained in Leningrad in 1936 under Alexei Dikii.[who?] On her return to Prague, she married her first husband, Alexander Munk who was a student activist. Pravda worked in Czech theatre before the outbreak of World War II and made five films
When the war broke out, Hana and her husband, Alexander Munk, were sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp and were subsequently transferred to the Auschwitz concentration camp where they became separated. She survived the camp and the subsequent January 1945 death march and recorded her experiences in a diary.[3][4] She later learned her husband had died.
She returned to Prague and continued to act in the realistic theatre where she met George Pravda. She emigrated to the United Kingdom with him and continued her career.[5]
Hana Maria Pravda (née Becková; after first marriage, Munk; after second marriage, Pravda; 29 January 1916 − 22 May 2008[1]) was a Czech actress.[2]
Hana Maria Becková was born in Prague on 29 January 1916. She trained in Leningrad in 1936 under Alexei Dikii.[who?] On her return to Prague, she married her first husband, Alexander Munk who was a student activist. Pravda worked in Czech theatre before the outbreak of World War II and made five films
When the war broke out, Hana and her husband, Alexander Munk, were sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp and were subsequently transferred to the Auschwitz concentration camp where they became separated. She survived the camp and the subsequent January 1945 death march and recorded her experiences in a diary.[3][4] She later learned her husband had died.
She returned to Prague and continued to act in the realistic theatre where she met George Pravda. She emigrated to the United Kingdom with him and continued her career.[5]
