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

While studying at the Business Academy in Liberec

Markéta Formanová

* 1937

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Jiřina Fořtová 1933

Jiřina Fořtová roz. Kondrová

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen

Maria Frank in 2018

Maria Frank

* 1938

Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Friederike Frank, geb. Urbassek

Friederike Frank, geb. Urbassek

* 1926

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ernst Franke in 1957

Ernst Franke

* 1953

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier

20. 6. - 29. 8. 1944 - Operation Bagration, 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

His Lordship Mr. Měšťák at the North Moravian Theatre in Šumperk, 1960.

Jiří Fréhar

* 1938 †︎ 2025

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ilga Frélichová in 2021

Ilga Frélichová

* 1940

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Irena Freundová while filming the interview in 2019

Irena Freundová

* 1927

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 7 more anniversaries

Manfred Frey in the 1990s

Dr. Manfred Frey

* 1940

Austria, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 19.8.1989 - Pan-European Picnic

Hermann Frey, Pegnitz, 2020

Hermann Frey

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier, Germany

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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