Germany

International

Contemporary witnesses from Germany

Peter Heidler as a young man

Peter Heidler

* 1946

Emigrant, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Siegfried Heil

* 1931

Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Kurt Hein, Pegnitz, 2020

Kurt Hein

* 1929 †︎ 2024

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

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

Hilde Heller

* 1923

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Helmut Hempel - first day at school

Helmut Hempel

* 1938

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

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

Annelies Hennig - a photo of that time before 1989

Annelies Hennig

* 1939

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, East German Refugee, Victims of East-German secret police (Stasi) and 1 more categories

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

Sandra Hildebrandt (Heinz)

Sandra Hildebrandt (Heinz)

* 1983

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, GDR - outgoing passengers, Germany

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

Gerhard Hoch

Gerhard Hoch

* 1940

Germany, Border Guards, Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Gerti Hoedt, Stráž nad Ohří, 2021

Gertrude (Gerti) Hoedt

* 1941

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Portrait from 1970 (23 years old)

Ing. Roland Hoffmann

* 1947

Germany, Victim of forced relocation

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

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