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

30. 5. 1945-29. 10. 1946

Zbyněk Pišťák while in the air force - on leave in Mukačevo, 1937

Zbyněk Pišťák

* 1915 †︎ 2014

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Dieter Piwernetz in Weidenberg, 2019

Dieter Piwernetz

* 1938

Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marie Plachá, circa 1942

Marie Plachá

* 1934

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Erich Plachtzik - 1938

Erich Plachtzik

* 1930

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Renata Sandner (1940-1945)

Renata Plášilová

* 1928

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 3 more anniversaries

Anna Plesníková

Anna Plesníková

* 1937

People helping Jews during WWII, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Private Václav Plos

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Marie Podařilová (early 1980s)

Marie Podařilová

* 1936

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Irena Podzimková, 1957

Irena Podzimková

* 1933

The relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zdeňka Pohlová with her older brother after the war

Zdeňka Pohlová

* 1940

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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