They were not allowed to leave
Alfred Heinisch was born in 1933 in Rýmařov (Römerstadt in German) and just like the vast majority of the town's inhabitants he and his parents were German nationals. His father fought in the wehrmacht and he died in the Soviet Union in 1953 as a prisoner of war. Alfred and his mother were not included in the forced expulsion of the German population after WWII and they stayed in Rýmařov. In 1957 Alfred married German Elfride Kristen, whose family had likewise not been included in the expulsion. For several years they had to do agricultural work in Troubelice and in Nové Dvorce near Šternberk. Both repeatedly attempted to leave the country in order to be reunited with their relatives in Germany, but they were never successful, as the Czechoslovak authorities did not grant them the permission to emigrate.
The suicide of neighbours in May 1945
born in 1929 in Frélichov Moravian Croat 1949 family was moved out of Frélichov, then living in Rajhradice near Brno now living in Brno, has been working as a watchmaker ...
Born on August 23, 1944 in Horní Počernice Communists took mother’s tailor saloon in 1948 Was bullied by school officials along with his sister because of their ...
he was born on January 1, 1944, in Bratislava into a catholic family; he finished the primary education in 1958 in Bratislava; however, because of the parliamentary function ...
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20/05/2013
Chorvati žili na jižní Moravě od 16. století a po staletí si udrželi svou identitu i jazyk, ačkoliv jich bylo jen několik stovek a čelili silným germanizačním a bohemizačním tendencím ze strany sousedů. Po roce 1945 bylo moravské pohraničí nejprve očištěno od Němců, po roce 1948 přišli na řadu i Chorvati, kteří byli násilně vystěhováni do vnitrozemí. O tom všem se dozvíte na semináři konaném v úterý 21. května v pražském Evropském domě (Jungmannova ulice 24)
12/05/2013, Mikulas Kroupa
Ve věku 95 let zemřel tuto sobotu večer brigádní generál Zdeněk Škarvada, jeden z posledních žijících západních válečných letců. Čest jeho památce.
06/05/2013, Eva Kubátová
Osvobození západních Čech americkou armádou v roce 1945 - takto se jmenuje nový dokumentační projekt na portálu Paměť národa. Díky podpoře americké ambasády se snažíme zachytit mizející svědectví pamětníků událostí konce Druhé světové války v západních a jižních Čechách.
