Sudeten Germans

National Minorities

Jan Spira, 1940s

Ing. Jan Spira

* 1934 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Sudeten Germans, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jindřiška Sporková

* 1925 †︎ 2016

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Marianna Staňková in her youth

Marianna Staňková

* 1943

National minorities, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

young František Stanzel

František Stanzel

* 1931

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

The witness with her husband Zdeněk Št'astný and her parents Františka Götzová and Josef Götz in 1957

Růžena Šťastná

* 1932

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Ústecký masakr (31. 7. 1945), 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Karel Stein (in 1976)

Ing. Karel Stein

* 1954

Sudeten Germans, Scientist

Anita with her older sister Anna in Loutka (1946)

Anita Štěpánková

* 1944

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Memory of vanished settlements, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Steun Eduard

Eduard Steun

* 1946

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Border Guards, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Riding a motorbike

František Štilec

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Maria Stockinger, Neukirchen 2019

Maria Stockinger

* 1927

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

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