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

Ilona Holá (left) and Eva Holá, 1946

Ilona Bláhová

* 1936

Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Sudeten Germans and 3 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Alžběta Blahutová

Alžběta Blahutová

* 1940

National minorities, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Květoslava Blahutová / 1952

Květoslava Blahutová

* 1935

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

foto dobove.JPG (historic)

Jarmila Bočánková

* 1931 †︎ 2025

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Bocek in January 2012

František Bocek

* 1928 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

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, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Erich Böhm as a young man

Erich Böhm

* 1938 †︎ 2022

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Heinrich Böhm, Wels, 2023

Heinrich Böhm

* 1940

Austria, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

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

Herbert Böhm as a small child

Herbert Böhm

* 1933

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

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

Johann Böhm in 2019

Johann Böhm

* 1938

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Robert Böhm, Neukirchen 2019

Robert Böhm

* 1932

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

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

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