Germany

International

Contemporary witnesses from Germany

Christian Bürger, beginning of the 1980´s

Peter Christian Bürger

* 1956

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the GDR, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

Karolina as a child

Karolina Čermáková

* 1934

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Angelika Cholewa in police custody in the GDR. 1980

Angelika Cholewa

* 1955

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , GDR - outgoing passengers, Political prisoner in the GDR and 4 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Cramer hochkant.jpg (historic)

Michael Cramer

* 1949

Politician, Germany

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Katharina Dötterl

Katharina Dötterl

* 1981

Germany, GDR - outgoing passengers

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Edith Ekanayake, Krnov 2022

Edith Herta Maria Ekanayake

* 1943

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Johann Eppinger, Neukirchen 2019

Johann Eppinger

* 1936

National minorities, 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

Annelore Finková in 1942

Annelore Finková

* 1940

National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, German minority in Poland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945) and 3 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 1944 - 1947 - Population Transfers from the Ukrainian - Polish Borderlands, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

The house in Hyršov, where Anna Fischer spent her childhood

Anna Fischer

* 1927

Illegal border crossing, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

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

Maria Frank in 2018

Maria Frank

* 1938

Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Statistics: 19144 Witnesses the Database; 10796 Witness Stories; 20021 Registered Researchers; 159549 Photos; 64424 Clips