Germany | Memory of Nations

Contemporary witnesses from Germany

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

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

Günter Götz

Günter Götz

* 1939

East German Refugee, Germany

Herbert Götz

Herbert Götz

* 1939 †︎ 2020

Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

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, Witness of local events from the Communist era

7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic

Franz, 1941

Franz Gruss

* 1931

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

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

Erna Gudenrath

* 1928

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

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

Brigitte Halewitsch, Prague 2023

Dr. Brigitte Halewitsch

* 1940

Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

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