Miloš Forman's childhood was marked by the early loss of his parents. Forman was born in Čáslav, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) to Anna Švábová Forman, who ran a summer hotel. His parents attended a Protestant church."Miloš Forman obituary". New York Times, April 14, 2018 He believed that his father was Rudolf Forman. During the Nazi occupation, Rudolf, a member of the resistance,, April 14, 2018 was arrested for distributing banned books, and reportedly died from typhusConf. scan of document from the Arolsen Archives where the words "Fleckfieber" (German for typhus) and apparently "Dora Hosp." are mentioned in Mittelbau-Dora, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp in May 1944.See entry Rudolf Forman in the memorial book of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration campSee (untick the "Include synonym" box) documents on Rudolf Forman, prisoner number 16209, from his detention and death in Buchenwald in the Arolsen ArchivesWakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. H. W. Wilson Company. 1988. 349–356. Another version has it that he died in Mittelbau-Dora during interrogation. Forman's mother had been murdered in Auschwitz in March the previous year.She can be found as Anna Forman at the link (Information on Auschwitz Prisoners); her prisoner number seems to be unknownTugend, Tom. (19 July 2007) Milos Forman directs Natalie Portman in 'Goya's Ghosts'—film melds art tour and history | Arts. Jewish Journal. Retrieved on 23 June 2011. Forman said that he did not fully understand what had happened to them until he saw footage of the concentration camps when he was 16.
Miloš Forman's childhood was marked by the early loss of his parents. Forman was born in Čáslav, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) to Anna Švábová Forman, who ran a summer hotel. His parents attended a Protestant church."Miloš Forman obituary". New York Times, April 14, 2018 He believed that his father was Rudolf Forman. During the Nazi occupation, Rudolf, a member of the resistance,, April 14 2018 was arrested for distributing banned books, and reportedly died from typhusConf. scan of document from the Arolsen Archives where the words "Fleckfieber" (German for typhus) and apparently "Dora Hosp." are mentioned in Mittelbau-Dora, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp in May 1944.See entry Rudolf Forman in the memorial book of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration campSee (untick the "Include synonym" box) documents on Rudolf Forman, prisoner number 16209, from his detention and death in Buchenwald in the Arolsen ArchivesWakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. H. W. Wilson Company. 1988. 349–356. Another version has it that he died in Mittelbau-Dora during interrogation. Forman's mother had been murdered in Auschwitz in March the previous year.She can be found as Anna Forman at the link (Information on Auschwitz Prisoners); her prisoner number seems to be unknownTugend, Tom. (19 July 2007) Milos Forman directs Natalie Portma,n in 'Goya's Ghosts'—film melds art tour a.nd history | Arts. Jewish Journal. Retrieved on 23 June 2011. Forman said that he did not fully understand what had happened to them until he saw footage of the concentration camps when he was 16