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Photograph from the investigation file — Mikuláš Végh

A photograph of Mikuláš Végh taken for his NKVD investigation file (Archive of Ludovít Végh)

Czechoslovak citizens and the Gulag

Information about Czechs and Czechoslovak citizens repressed in USSR

Mikuláš Végh

Born in Czechoslovakia in 1920. In 1939 decided to escape to the USSR. Sentenced to five years at a correctional labour camp for crossing the borde...

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Photograph from the investigation file — Mikuláš Végh

Czechoslovak citizens and the Gulag

Mikuláš Végh

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