Sudeten Germans | Memory of Nations

Karel Gruber in 1941

Karel Gruber

* 1928 †︎ 2022

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

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

Josef Hackenberg, early 1950s

Josef Hackenberg

* 1933

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

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

Rudolf Hadwiger in the army from 1954 to 1956

Rudolf Hadwiger

* 1929 †︎ 2020

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Ela Hadwigerová (Schubertová) - 1949

Ela Hadwigerová

* 1933 †︎ 2016

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements

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

Vladimír Hahn in 2023

Vladimír Hahn

* 1946

Lawyer, Lawyer in the 50`s, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sudeten Germans and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Brigitte Halewitsch, Prague 2023

Dr. Brigitte Halewitsch

* 1940

Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Marie Halgašová, 1951

Marie Halgašová

* 1947

Victim of Nazi persecution in Ukraine, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Ukrainian political emigration 1944-1950

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Ewald Hannabach, Bubenreuth, 2023

Ewald Hannabach

* 1930

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

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

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