I Found God in the Concentration Camp
Božena Vodrážková arrived to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in June 1942. She belonged to a group of women who were deported after the extermination of Lidice village. In the camp she befriended a group of imprisoned women who were Jehovah's Witnesses. Under the harsh conditions of the concentration camp, the young girl decided to turn to religion. Božena Vodrážková recalls the moment when she realized that God is with her: “It happened like this. We had a freistunde, the weather was fairly beautiful, it was sunset and the women were saying: ‘God loves you. He loves all people and he loves you as well.’ I felt happy that the Lord loves me. Because I love him as well, and I try to do good. So I watched the beautiful sunset and thought to myself: ,Who made this? The Creator did…’”At present Ms. Vodrážková lives in Kladno.
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Božena Vodrážková, neé Brožová
Božena Vodrážková, née Brožová, was born in Prague in 1923. Her father Josef Kalous died when she was a little girl, and her mother then served on farms in various villages in Central Bohemia: in Stehelčeves, Makotřasy, and eventually in Lidice. She had a relationship with Russian emigrant Vasil Generalov. In 1942, Božena Vodrážková met the same fate as the other inhabitants of Lidice. She and her mother were deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp and her stepfather was shot together with other men from Lidice. Her brother was not registered in Lidice; he lived in Germany at that time, and he thus evaded the tragedy. In the concentration camp, Božena Vodrážková joined a group of imprisoned women who were Jehovah's Witnesses and she became a believer in this Christina church. After the war she returned to Kladno and later also to the reconstructed village of Lidice. She worked there as a gardener and she brought up two sons. At present she lives in Kladno.
