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

Portrait photo of Anita taken in Klingenthal at the beginning of 1950s

Anita Alblová

* 1936

Emigrant, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

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

Marie Andělová

Marie Andělová

* 1941 †︎ 2019

People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities, Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands), Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Hidden people

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Petr Andrle, Ostrava 2019

Petr Andrle

* 1942 †︎ 2024

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Margita Antonová in her youth

Margita Antonová

* 1936

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

As a young woman

Marie Antošová

* 1932

National minorities, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Underage political prisoners, Victim of forced relocation and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Soňa Antošová during the shooting

Soňa Antošová

* 1937

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Augsbergerová Danuše

Danuše Augsbergerová

* 1931

Anti-communist rebel

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Young Jan Aust

Jan Aust

* 1922 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner in WW2, Sokol, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

portrait

Hubert Babor

* 1943

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Memory of vanished settlements, Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

Gottfried Bach, Slavonice, 2020

Gottfried Bach

* 1940

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Austria

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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