German Minority in Czechoslovakia and Poland after 1945

Ośrodek Karta

The project is realized with the contribution of the Czech-Polish forum. The project is carried out by Post Bellum Association and Ośrodek Karta. The focus of the project is on people of German origin who stayed in their homes in Poland or in Czechoslovakia also after 1945.

Margaret Riegerová

Margareta Riegerová

* 1931 †︎ 2016

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Memory of vanished settlements

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

Paweł Sabiniarz

* 1930

German minority in Poland after 1945

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

Helmut Schramme in childhood

Helmut Schramme

* 1932 †︎ 2016

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Hildegard Sedlářová (Luxová) in 1949

Hildegarda Sedlářová

* 1926

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, People helping Jews during WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

smržová dobový ořez.jpg (historic)

Hedvika Smržová

* 1930 †︎ 2019

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

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

young František Stanzel

František Stanzel

* 1931

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Ewa Synowiec

Ewa Synowiec

* 1934

German minority in Poland after 1945

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Antonina Szymkiewicz

Antonina Szymkiewicz

* 1921

German minority in Poland after 1945, Germany

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

Ingetraut Tabaka

Ingetraut Tabaka

* 1929

German minority in Poland after 1945, Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Tuszyński Otton

Otton Tuszyński

* 1933

German minority in Poland after 1945, Germany

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

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