The Removed Memory

Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí ČR

The stories of the citizens of German nationality expelled after the Second World War.

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The project was supported by the Ministry of Foregin Affairs of the Czech Republic.

Gottfried Bach, Slavonice, 2020

Gottfried Bach

* 1940

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Austria

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

Emil Baierl as a child

Emil Baierl

* 1933

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

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

Gerhilde Benker, Bubenreuth, 2023

Gerhilde Benker

* 1932

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

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

Helmut Bernert as a child in Opava

Helmut Bernert

* 1935

National minorities, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Robert Böhm, Neukirchen 2019

Robert Böhm

* 1932

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Little Johanna in Teplice

Johanna Cavagno

* 1939

Austria, Victim of forced relocation

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

Brunhilde Dörer-Nimerrichter 2022

Brunhilde Dörer-Nimmerrichter

* 1936

Austria, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

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

Edith Ekanayake, Krnov 2022

Edith Herta Maria Ekanayake

* 1943

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

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

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 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Statistics: 18425 Witnesses the Database; 10296 Witness Stories; 19308 Registered Researchers; 153281 Photos; 62252 Clips