Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Magdalena Geissler, Karlovy Vary, 2023

Magdalena Geissler

* 1935

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

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

Vladimír Gerlich

Ing. Vladimír Gerlich

* 1940

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Kurt Gernert in the 1950s

Kurt Gernert

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Sudeten Germans, The Sportsmen, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Milan Geryk, military exercise in Přerov, 20 May 1961

Ing. RNDr. Milan Geryk , DrSc.

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 1 more anniversaries

Libuše Geryková during recording for the Memory of Nations, 10 September 2022, Olomouc

PhDr. Libuše Geryková

* 1938

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Hana in 1947

Hana Gerzanicová

* 1928 †︎ 2023

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Repatriated and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Lisa Kumermann (Elisheva Gidron). 1946.

Elisheva Gidron, roz. Kummermann

* 1920

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Boy Scouts and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Jiřina Gímešová, 18 years old

Mgr. Jiřina Gímešová

* 1932 †︎ 2023

French Foreign Legion, Historian, Communist official, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation and 6 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

Helena after return from the concentration camp

Helena Glancová

* 1938

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Glaser during Holy Communion

Jana Glaserová

* 1938

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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