Germany

International

Contemporary witnesses from Germany

Pavla Alter

Pavla Alter

* 1952

Germany, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

period photo

Ivan Bergida

* 1943

Germany, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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

Katharina Dötterl

Katharina Dötterl

* 1981

Germany, GDR - outgoing passengers

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Willi Gerlach with his borther Kurt, parents and grandmother Jischke

Willi Gerlach

* 1932

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

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

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

Bjoern Grunert, Waldow, 2021

Björn Grunert

* 1948

Germany, Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic

Hans-Dieter Haim, Dresden, 2021

Professor, Dr. Hans-Dieter Haim

* 1938

Germany, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Helmut Haselberger

Helmut Haselberger

* 1942

Germany, Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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