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.

Children in Nýrsko after the war (Johann with the hatchet)

Johann Löffelmann

* 1939

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

Rudolf Lux v roce 2019

Rudolf Lux

* 1939

Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

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

Maria Mayer as a young woman

Maria Mayer

* 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

Konrad Micksch, Dresden, 2021

Konrad Micksch

* 1938

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Christiane Müller as a young woman in Germany

Christiane Müller

* 1938

Apatrida - osoba bez státního občanství, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Germany

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

Ernst Nodes, Neukirchen 2019

Ernst Nodes

* 1944

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

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

Rudolf Paulik, Neukirchen 2019

Rudolf Paulik

* 1938

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

Ewald Pechwitz, Pegnitz, 2020

Ewald Pechwitz

* 1938

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Astrid Pilz in 2021

Astrid Pilz

* 1940

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall

Walter Pilz, Dresden, 2021

Walter Pilz

* 1932

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Statistics: 18428 Witnesses the Database; 10296 Witness Stories; 19312 Registered Researchers; 153299 Photos; 62256 Clips