30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Ilsa Půtová - historical photo

Ilsa Půtová

* 1942

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Memory of vanished settlements

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Václav Půža, 1950s

Václav Půža

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945)

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 5 more anniversaries

Ivo Raab with Anna Hönigová

Ivo Raab

* 1934

People helping Jews during WWII, Boy Scouts, Holocaust, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945 and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 1 more anniversaries

Elvíra Rábková (Schlegelová) as a bride

Elvíra Rábková

* 1934 †︎ 2020

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Ondřej Rácz

Ondřej Rácz

* 1928 †︎ 2013

National minorities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Marie Anna Ráczová, roz. Trüberová

Marie Anna Ráczová, roz. Trüberová

* 1928

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

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

Rostislava Raidová, about three years old, with a doll in her arms. Photograph from the period 1944-1945

Rostislava Raidová

* 1942

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Rainer vin his youth

Jaroslav Rainer

* 1940

The Sportsmen

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Jaroslav Rais as a boy

Jaroslav Rais

* 1939

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Margit Hildegard Neugebauer (Rajniková) in 1942

Margita Hildegard Rajniková

* 1937

National minorities, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Sudeten Germans and 3 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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