7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic

7. 10. 1949

Hilda Bartáková (en)

Hilda Bartáková

* 1928

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, National minorities, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Wehrmacht soldier and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic and 1 more anniversaries

Siegfried Buchholz young.jpg (historic)

Siegfried Buchholz

* 1939

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Germany

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic, 17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

Brigitta Gottmann, Prague, 2020

Brigitta Gottmann

* 1939

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, East German Refugee, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic

Bjoern Grunert, Waldow, 2021

Björn Grunert

* 1948

Germany, Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů, Witness of local events from the Communist era

7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic

Portrait from 1970 (23 years old)

Ing. Roland Hoffmann

* 1947

Germany, Victim of forced relocation

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Luise Justen

Luise Justen

* 1944

Emigrant, East German Refugee

7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Foto_Khalaf_zehn Jahre alt.jpg (historic)

Monika Anni Charlotte Khalaf (Georgi)

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, East German Refugee

7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic

Karin Macháčková, Děčín, 1961

Karin Macháčková

* 1943

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Communist official, Déclassé, Industrial settler in border region in 60' and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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, 7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic and 5 more anniversaries

Foto Szielasko alt.jpg (historic)

Lothar Szielasko

* 1935

Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), East German Refugee, Germany

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic, 17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

Tomáš Titze, Rumburk, about 1960

Tomáš Titze

* 1945 †︎ 2023

Germany, Déclassé, Political prisoner in WW2, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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 and 8 more anniversaries

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