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

30. 5. 1945-29. 10. 1946

Josef Tvrzník, 1947

Josef Tvrzník

* 1931

Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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, 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night

Václav Tymočko in 2021

Václav Tymočko

* 1928 †︎ 2024

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Eva and Karel Ucik, wedding photograph, 1951

Eva Učíková

* 1932

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Helmut Ulowetz with his mother Hedvika (ca. 1958)

Helmut Ulowetz

* 1942

National minorities, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Uramová

Private (ret.) Marie Uramová

* 1930

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

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

Zora Kopacova (Urbanova) 1946

Zora Urbanová

* 1927

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Scientist

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Inge in 2016

Inge Urbassek

* 1933

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Germany

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

As a school kid

Egon Urmann

* 1945

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Contemporary photograph from The Beggar's Opera staged by the Lužany theatre group, 1988.

Oldřich Váca

* 1952 †︎ 2021

Politician, Sudeten Germans, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Edita Vacek

* 1935

People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

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