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

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

Alfred Bäcker

Lieutenant Alfred Bäcker

* 1921 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier

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

Ingeborg Bahrová

Ingeborg Bahrová

* 1933 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Memory of vanished settlements

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 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Emil Baierl as a child

Emil Baierl

* 1933

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

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

Josef Bajer

* 1923

Representative of the Church, Official in JZD, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Bannert

* 1947 †︎ 2024

Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Stanislava - year before the wedding 1947

Stanislava Barabášová roz. Pospíšilová

* 1930

Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Erwin Baránek

Erwin Baránek

* 1925 †︎ 2015

National minorities, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

authentic photo

Edita Bártlová, roz. Tluková

* 1926

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Doris Bartoníčková in 1941

Mgr. Doris Bartoníčková

* 1937

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 4 more anniversaries

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