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Contemporary witnesses from Germany

Ruth Nowak

Ruth Nowak (geb. Pade)

* 1927

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Helena Paessler in 1973

Helena Paessler

* 1953

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Germany, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 7 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

At home, around 1941

Josef Paul

* 1937

Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Rudolf Paulik, Neukirchen 2019

Rudolf Paulik

* 1938

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

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

Else Pecher 2014

Else Pecher

* 1923

Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Ewald Pechwitz, Pegnitz, 2020

Ewald Pechwitz

* 1938

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Maria Pekařová

Maria Pekařová

* 1938 †︎ 2021

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

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

Rudolf Peller as a joung man

Rudolf Peller

* 1926

Emigrant, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier, Germany

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Astrid Pilz in 2021

Astrid Pilz

* 1940

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall

Walter Pilz, Dresden, 2021

Walter Pilz

* 1932

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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