German Minority in Czechoslovakia and Poland after 1945

Ośrodek Karta

The project is realized with the contribution of the Czech-Polish forum. The project is carried out by Post Bellum Association and Ośrodek Karta. The focus of the project is on people of German origin who stayed in their homes in Poland or in Czechoslovakia also after 1945.

Maria Anielski Kołpa

Maria Anielski - Kołpa

* 1930

German minority in Poland after 1945, Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

Teresa Boehm

Teresa Boehm

* 1934

German minority in Poland after 1945, Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

Regina Chwirot

* 1933

German minority in Poland after 1945, Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

Hugo Drásal shortly after his release from the mines in 1946 (he still has coal dust around his eyes)

Hugo Drásal

* 1927 †︎ 2017

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, National minorities, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Elsa Gabrielová -1957

Elsa Gabrielová

* 1934 †︎ 2015

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Alfred Heinisch as a young man

Alfred Heinisch

* 1933

Sudeten Germans

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Václav Hieke during one of the Czech Tourist Club events, 1985

Václav Hieke

* 1951

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Alois Hiernich in September 2012

Alois Hirnich

* 1931 †︎ unknown

Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Lucia Kowalska

Lucia Kowalska

* 1931

German minority in Poland after 1945, Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

Waltraud Kriegisch in March 2012

Waltraud Kriegisch

* 1927 †︎ 2015

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Germany

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Statistics: 18341 Witnesses the Database; 10176 Witness Stories; 19180 Registered Researchers; 152292 Photos; 61872 Clips