Background
He was born into a Jewish family in Prague. His father was a businessman while his mother was a woman of senior Czechoslovakian bourgeoisie.
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Milan Platovsky
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He lived a carefree childhood. At age 17, in the middle of systematic harassment suffered as a result of Nazi policies, he was subjected to forced labour and various humiliations. Already underway World World War II, he was taken to various units of extermination, such as Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen.
This experience, like others of his life, would make public in texts, most notably Sobrevivir: Memorias de un resiliente, 1997.
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He arrived in Chile from France in 1950, escaping from communism, which was gaining ground in Europe.
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Czechoslovakian-Chilean