Memory of vanished settlements

Karel Kučera in May 1945

Karel Kučera

* 1940

Memory of vanished settlements, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Marie Kučerová, 1964

Marie Kučerová

* 1945

Memory of vanished settlements, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Heidrun as a young girl

Heidrun Kuchler

* 1939

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

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

Anna Kuglerová in 2023

Anna Kuglerová

* 1939

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Václav Langer in the PTP

Václav Langer

* 1929

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 5 more anniversaries

Elfrieda Lehnertová, a portrait

Elfrieda Lehnertová

* 1938

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sudeten Germans and 4 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Lexa, 1960

Ing. Josef Lexa

* 1936

Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Radomil Lhotka in 1977

Radomil Lhotka

* 1953

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Memory of vanished settlements, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”

Miroslav Luňák in the year 1957

Miroslav Luňák

* 1943

Memory of vanished settlements, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Anna Luptáková

Anna Luptáková

* 1940

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

Reemigration of Czechs and Slovaks from Romania to Czechoslovakia (1945 - 1949), 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

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