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Adolf Köpf in 1960

Adolf Köpf

* 1938

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

Miloslav Kopfstein in 1951

Miloslav Kopfstein

* 1935

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Margarete Koppe, Pegnitz, 2020

Margarete Koppe

* 1928 †︎ 2023

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

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

Karel Koranda in 2021

Karel Koranda

* 1931

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Ferdinand Korbel with mother and sisters

Ferdinand Korbel

* 1944

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Gernot Korndörfer, 2018

Gernot Korndörfer

* 1940

Sudeten Germans

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

Inge, end of 70s

Inge Kosková

* 1940

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jaroslava Kotlabová, née Rettingerová, as a teacher in 1952

Jaroslava Kotlabová

* 1932 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Seventeen-year-old Agnesa Krajíčková in a studio photograph right after engagement, 1962

Agnesa Krajíčková

* 1944

Victim of forced relocation, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945 and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Family photo; Gerhard Krakl is far right, 1950

Gerhard Krakl

* 1940

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

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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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