Sudeten Germans | Memory of Nations

Antonín Missberger on the filming of an interview for the project Stories of our Neighbors

Antonín Missberger

* 1945

National minorities, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Renata Möckl in Chodov, 1971

Renata Möcklová

* 1944

Sudeten Germans, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Moder in 1957 in Chodov

Josef Moder

* 1938

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

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

Herta Bernertová (Mondeková)

Herta Mondeková

* 1930

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Miroslava Moravcová

PhDr. Miroslava Moravcová

* 1950

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Jan Mosebach in Loket in 1960

Jan Mosebach

* 1941

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

A contemporary portrait from the break of the 1960s and 1970s

Hartmut Moškoř

* 1929

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Anna Stöhrová (Moštková)

Anna Moštková

* 1937 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Memory of vanished settlements

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Anna Motzová, 1950

Anna Motzová

* 1930

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Horst Moudrý (second left) in a family photograph from 1942. His father is sitting in front of him.

Horst Moudrý

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

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

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