Hana Voglová

Hana Voglová (married Hana Fischlová; 20 June 1913 – 20 March 2005) was a Czech Jewish translator. She was a member of the British Women's Auxiliary Air Corps and the 311th Czechoslovak Bomber Squadron of the British Royal Air Force. During World War II, she worked as a clerk, technical translator and interpreter in England.

Early life and education Hana Voglová was born on 20 June 1913 in Třebechovice pod Orebem into a Czech-Jewish family. Her father Karel died when she was 5 years old from injuries he sustained during World War I, so she was raised by her single mother. She was a member of the Scouts. Beginning in 1923, she studied at the grammar school and the business academy in Hradec Králové. After completing her studies, she worked at the Union Bank in Prague. She was employed there until March 1939. After the German forces occupied Czechoslovakia, Voglová left for Belfast, Northern Ireland in July 1939 for "racial reasons" to work as a nanny.