1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories | Memory of Nations

Antonín Missberger on the filming of an interview for the project Stories of our Neighbors

Antonín Missberger

* 1945

National minorities, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Miroslava Moravcová

PhDr. Miroslava Moravcová

* 1950

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Irma Müller as a young woman

Irma Müller

* 1926

Emigrant, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Olga Nadějová (en)

Olga Nadějová roz. Nýdrlová

* 1932

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 2 more anniversaries

During the basic military service in 1953

Richard Němec

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Richard Novák

Richard Novák

* 1931

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marie Novotná (en)

Marie Novotná

* 1930 †︎ 2021

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ruth Nowak

Ruth Nowak (geb. Pade)

* 1927

Germany, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945)

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Miloslav Ohlídal, early 1960s

Miloslav Ohlídal

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Alžběta Ohlídalová, nee Šlesingrová, in 1952

Alžběta Ohlídalová

* 1933

National minorities, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

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