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First Holy Communion of Margit Janatová, Bernartice 1947

Margit Janatová

* 1936

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Leante Janderová

Leante Janderová

* 1930

Secret police informer, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 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

Cutout of a portrait photograph of Jiří Jaroš, 1947

Jiří Jaroš

* 1929

Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 4 more anniversaries

Mojmír Jauernig in 2025

Mojmír Jauernig

* 1964

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

young Jan Jelínek

Jan Jelínek

* 1940

People helping Jews during WWII, Journalist, Writer, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Oldřich Jelínek in 1943

Oldřich Jelínek

* 1926

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Jelínek, around 1960

Ing. Pavel Jelínek

* 1935

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Israel/Palestine, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Hermine Jetelinová (Barfuss)

Hermine Jetelinová

* 1923 †︎ 2020

National minorities, 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 - 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

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