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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

Brigitta Jonášová in the first class, 1947/48

Brigitta Jonášová

* 1942

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helena Josefová, born Plachtová, 1941

Helena Josefová

* 1923

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Johanna

* 1931

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

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

Ludmila Jurásková with her parents and sisters in 1956

Ludmila Jurásková

* 1944

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Helena Kalusová (née Šobotová)

Helena Kalusová

* 1948

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War and 2 more anniversaries

Kurt Kempe at the meeting of Postoloprty natives in Lichtenfels (first on the left), 1947

Kurt Kempe

* 1932 †︎ 2023

National minorities, 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

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