Přemysl Pitter
Czech pacifist and educator · Czechia · On the map · Educators · Lived 1895 to 1976 · aged 80
Přemysl Pitter was a Czech humanist, pacifist, pedagogue, social worker and evangelical preacher.
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A typical day, 30 days to 17 June 2026
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He founded Milíč House in Prague, during World War II supported Jewish families and after the end of the war organized the “Operation Castles” in which he and his colleagues provided health and social care for children from German concentration camps as well as those from Czech internment camps. After the onset of the communist regime, he was forced to emigrate. First, he worked in Germany, where he provided pastoral and social support to the refugees in the Valka refugee camp near Nuremberg, then lived in Switzerland. Přemysl Pitter was named Righteous Among the Nations by the Israeli government, in 1973 he was awarded The Order of Merit Ist Class of the Federal Republic of Germany and in 1991 President Václav Havel conferred upon Přemysl Pitter the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, in memorian.
