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Ilsa Půtová - historical photo

Ilsa Půtová

* 1942

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Memory of vanished settlements

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

Elvíra Rábková (Schlegelová) as a bride

Elvíra Rábková

* 1934 †︎ 2020

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans

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

Jaroslav Rais as a boy

Jaroslav Rais

* 1939

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

authentic photo

Marie Rechtigová

* 1927

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Poles in Regained Lands, 1945 - 1956

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Herbert Reckziegel, Wels, 2023

Herbert Reckziegel

* 1934

Austria, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

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

Josef Regen

Josef Regen

* 1929

Moravian Croats, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation

Jaroslava Řeháková (en)

Jaroslava Řeháková

* 1929 †︎ 2021

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

portret_dobovy_Reiff.jpg (historic)

Uta Reiff, roz. Jäckel

* 1938 †︎ unknown

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

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

Jindřich Richter (en)

Jindřich Richter

* 1939

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Elfriede Richterová - 2017

Elfriede Richterová

* 1921 †︎ 2018

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

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

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