Germany

International

Contemporary witnesses from Germany

Franz, 1941

Franz Gruss

* 1931

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, East German Refugee, Germany

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Erna Gudenrath

* 1928

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Hans-Dieter Haim, Dresden, 2021

Professor, Dr. Hans-Dieter Haim

* 1938

Germany, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Brigitte Halewitsch, Prague 2023

Dr. Brigitte Halewitsch

* 1940

Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Isabella Harnier 2023

Isabella Harnier

* 1946

United States of America, Germany, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Nobility

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Maria Hartung, Plesná 2022

Maria Hartung

* 1936

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

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

Helmut Haselberger

Helmut Haselberger

* 1942

Germany, Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Krystina Hauck und Holger Frenzel before the escape

Krystina Hauck

* 1970

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the GDR, Germany, East German Refugee

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

Witness in Bohemia on her first bike wearing a blouse from Germany, 1959 or 1960

Sonja Hefele

* 1949

Germany, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

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

Peter Heidler as a young man

Peter Heidler

* 1946

Emigrant, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

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