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Contemporary witnesses from Germany

Monika Holfeld during the filming in 2025

Ing. Monika Holfeld

* 1948

Germany, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Siegfried Hösch, 2018

Siegfried Hösch

* 1942

Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Foto 23.01.18, 14 36 29.jpg (historic)

Kristina Hübler

* 1941

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Germany

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Rudolf Hüttner as a child

Rudolf Hüttner

* 1937

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

The witness as a young man

Walter Jank

* 1944

Germany, Sudeten Germans

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

Peter Johanek, Prague, 2022

Professor, Dr. Peter Johanek

* 1937

Germany, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, University professor

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

Kurt Kempe at the meeting of Postoloprty natives in Lichtenfels (first on the left), 1947

Kurt Kempe

* 1932 †︎ 2023

National minorities, 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

Foto_Khalaf_zehn Jahre alt.jpg (historic)

Monika Anni Charlotte Khalaf (Georgi)

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, East German Refugee, Germany

7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic

Rudolf Kiesewetter, Weidenberg, May 2019

Rudolf Kiesewetter

* 1932

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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

The mill in Stráž, 2021

Annemarie Kist

* 1933

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Germany

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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