Sudeten Germans

National Minorities

Hans Lau with his brother Heinz as a Wehrmacht lance corporal in 1943

Hans Lau

* 1938

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

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

Elfrieda Lehnertová, a portrait

Elfrieda Lehnertová

* 1938

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sudeten Germans and 4 more categories

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

Ingrid Leser, 2018

Ingrid Leser

* 1949

Sudeten Germans

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

Kamil Lhoták the younger, far left. Photograph from the 1970's

Kamil Lhoták

* 1941

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 8 more anniversaries

Peter Linhart as a boy in Nejdek

Professor, Dr. Peter Linhart

* 1938

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

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

Adolf Linka - contemporary photo

Adolf Linka

* 1919 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Anna Lišková (Ringová)

Anna Lišková

* 1929

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, German minority in Poland after 1945 and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Otokar Löbl during Eye Direct recording in Prague, 2022

Otokar Löbl

* 1950

Germany, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Journalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sudeten Germans

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Children in Nýrsko after the war (Johann with the hatchet)

Johann Löffelmann

* 1939

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

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

Ingeborg Loos

JUDr. Ingeborg Loos

* 1935

Sudeten Germans, Lawyer in the 50`s, Germany

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

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