Germany

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Contemporary witnesses from Germany

Alžběta Reinoldová in 1944

Alžběta Reinoldová

* 1938

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Friedrich Reithmeier, 1950´s

Friedrich Reithmeier

* 1936

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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

Sigrid Richter

Sigrid Richter

* 1952

Victims of East-German secret police (Stasi), Germany

Markus Rindt with instrument

Markus Rindt

* 1967

Germany, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, East German Refugee, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

The witness in the 1950s

Hedvika Eleonora Rudolfová

* 1933

Germany, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Helga Rügamer, Krnov 2022

Helga Rügamer

* 1944

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Wolfram Ruhenstroth-Bauer, Pegnitz, 2020

Dr. Wolfram Ruhenstroth-Bauer

* 1925

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

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

Josef, Vimperk, 1937

Josef Sager

* 1932

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

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

Heinz Sattler, Plesná 2022

Heinz Sattler

* 1933

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

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

Georg Schiedeck

Georg Schiedeck

* 1945

Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

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