Margita Hildegard Rajniková

Margita Hildegard Rajniková, born Neugebauer, was born in 1937, in the village of Uhelná, (Sörgsdorf), in the Jeseník region. Her parents were German nationals. She was born shortly before WWII, so the war had a profound impact on her entire life. Her father Adolf had to join the Wehrmacht; at the end of the war he was wounded and spent several months recovering from his injury. He eventually found himself in the Soviet sector of the occupied Germany, and since the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia was already underway, he was not able to return home to his daughter. Margita did not know anything about him until 1954. Her mother, Elfride, died in 1943 due to ectopic pregnancy, and little Margita was thus left without her parents in the most difficult time of her life. Fortunately, she was taken care of by her uncle and aunt Ronge from Javorník, (Jauering). While staying with them she experienced the arrival of the Soviet army to the now defunct village of Hraničná, (Gränzgrund). Her uncle, who had been a Blockleiter, (block leader), was arrested after the war. As they were awaiting for the court´s verdict about his guilt or innocence, Margit and her aunt were not included in the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia. However they had to go to the internment camp Muna in Mikulovice, from where the transports for Germany were being dispatched. She recalls the horrible conditions in this camp. After the war she studied at a school for agriculture and then worked at the State farm in Javorník. She and her husband still live in Javorník.

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