Sudeten Germans

National Minorities

Ivo Vendolsky, Prague 2021

Ivo Vendolsky

* 1933

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Sieglinde Vendolsky in 2021

Sieglinde Vendolsky

* 1940

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

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

Anna Vinterová in 1961

Mgr. Anna Vinterová

* 1943

Illegal border crossing, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Border Guards, Industrial settler in border region in 60' and 4 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Herta Vladařová in 2020

Herta Vladařová

* 1929

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Portrait photograph from the mid-1970s

Vladimír Vlk

* 1936

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

DSCF8209 – kopie.JPG (historic)

Jarmila Volfová

* 1949

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Memory of vanished settlements

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

A.jpg (historic)

Kamil Volný

* 1962

Sudeten Germans, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše

Kristýna Voráčová, nee Bauch

Kristýna Voráčová, rozená Bauch

* 1936

National minorities, GDR - outgoing passengers, Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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 and 4 more anniversaries

Jiří Voženílek in the 1960's

Jiří Voženílek

* 1933

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Vrhelová (probably 1961)

Marie Vrhelová

* 1929

Sudeten Germans, Forced labour during the WW2, The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

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