The East German Refugee

Communism

Christian Bürger, beginning of the 1980´s

Peter Christian Bürger

* 1956

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the GDR, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

Angelika Cholewa in police custody in the GDR. 1980

Angelika Cholewa

* 1955

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , GDR - outgoing passengers, Political prisoner in the GDR and 4 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Brigitta Gottmann, Prague, 2020

Brigitta Gottmann

* 1939

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

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

Günter Götz

Günter Götz

* 1939

The East German Refugee

Dieter Groffig - foto z vazby 1953

Dieter Groffig

* 1933

Germany, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Political prisoner in the GDR and 3 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall

Franz Gruss

* 1931

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The East German Refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Helmut Hempel - first day at school

Helmut Hempel

* 1938

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Annelies Hennig - dobová fotografie před rokem 1989

Annelies Hennig

* 1939

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, The East German Refugee, Victims of East-German secret police (Stasi)

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

Luise Justen

Luise Justen

* 1944

Emigrant, The 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, The East German Refugee

7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic

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