Sudeten Germans | Memory of Nations

Karolina as a child

Karolina Čermáková

* 1934

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

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

Gustav Černý after the war as 25 years old

Gustav Černý

* 1936

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Memory of vanished settlements, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 10 more anniversaries

Olga Chotová, 1970s

Olga Chotová

* 1937

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Věra Chromcová

Věra Chromcová

* 1936

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Leo Cieslík

Leo Cieslík

* 1929

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

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

Mariana Crhounková v roce 2018

Mariana Crhonková

* 1931 †︎ 2024

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Moravský Karlov around 1910

Erich David

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Růžena de Weij in 1965

Růžena de Weij

* 1934

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

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

Helena Divoká, the 1950s

Helena Divoká

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer and 1 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Ingrid Doležalová in 2025

Ingrid Doležalová

* 1939

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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