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Newscast, listen on BBC Sounds. B.C. sounds. Welcome to the Witness History Podcast from the BBC World Service with me Phil Jones.

Today I'm taking you back to 1946 and the chaotic aftermath of World War II.

So we were at the cargo station and we were pushed into the cattle wagon like cattle.

That's Helmut Schultz, remembering when he was six years old.

He was caught up in the turmoil of a mass deportation and at the time he was living

in Czechoslovakia, newly liberated from Nazi occupation. The checks were determined to throw out an incredible 3 million German

speakers who they accused of collaborating with the Nazis and

participating in war crimes and helmet, although only a child, was one of those Germans.

And they were screaming around, Nenski Wen, Nenski-Weenen, Nenskiben, I'm still here that I can't forget what was going on there.

Helmut was being transported to Germany in a cattle truck and the angry check crowd was shouting

Germans out Germans out but how did a six year old boy end up on such a journey and

why did the checks want to evict such a large percentage of their

fellow citizens?

I'm all everyone.

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