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Contemporary witnesses from Germany

Helmut Schmidt, Prague, 2021

Helmut Schmidt

* 1943

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Kurt Schmidt, Krnov 2022

Kurt Schmidt

* 1928 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victim of forced relocation, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night

Röschen Schmidt

Röschen Schmidt

* unknown

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

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Gottfried Schnalke

Gottfried Schnalke

* 1937

Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Hoi, WW II (possibly 1942)

Margit Schödlbauer

* 1938

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Leo Schön in 2023

Leo Schön

* 1937

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

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

Herwig Schönfelder in 2023

Herwig Schönfelder

* 1939

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sudeten Germans, Germany, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Heinz-Dieter Schumacher, Berlin 1989

Dr. Heinz-Dieter Schumacher

* 1956

Germany

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

November 1989 - at the western side of the border

Andreas Schumann

* 1953

Reception camp for GDR- refuges in Gießen, FRG, East German Refugee, Germany

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

Dorothea Maria Schweizer - May 17, 2014

Dorothea Maria Schweitzer

* 1932

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

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