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Contemporary witnesses from Germany

Oswald Kittel in 2021

Oswald Kittel

* 1929

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

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

Julie Klačková

Julie Klačková

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Germany, Forced labour during the WW2, Repatriated, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Mother, Günter and brother in a pram 1944/1945

Günter Klemenz

* 1941

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

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

Günther, aged two, in front of the apple-tree

Günther Klemm

* 1939

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

Peter Klepsch, Spalt, 2020

Peter Klepsch

* 1928

National minorities, Underage political prisoners, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, Death marches 1944-1945, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Emil Klier

Emil Klier

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Memory of vanished settlements, Germany

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

Helene Klier, roz. Fischer

Helene Klier, roz. Fischer

* 1933

Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Dietrich Koch

Dietrich Koch

* 1937 †︎ 2020

Germany

Emanuela Köhler in 1942

Emanuela Köhler

* 1924

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Franz Konrad, 2020, Pegnitz

Franz Konrad

* 1934 †︎ 2024

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

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

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