Sudeten Germans

National Minorities

Wilibald Klinger on vacation in America

Wilibald Klinger

* 1941 †︎ 2022

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Industrial settler in border region in 60', Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Editha Kobzová (Brosigová) in 1947

Editha Kobzová

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

otto Kögler in the socialist youth

Otto Kögler

* 1921

Emigrant, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier, Politician

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Eduard Köhler

Eduard Köhler

* 1930 †︎ 2022

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Lucie Kohoutková

Lucie Kohoutková

* 1929

Sudeten Germans, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

06 Francis Kolman young - portrait

Ing. František Kolman

* 1927 †︎ unknown

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Franz Konrad, 2020, Pegnitz

Franz Konrad

* 1934

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

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

Jan Kopeček in his youth

Ing. Jan Kopeček

* 1934

National minorities, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Helena Singerova

Eva Kopecká

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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