My grandma is from the Bohemian Forest at the Upper Austrian border.

1945 Change: The German military travels through my Grandma’s hometown of Reichenau upon Maltsch.
The German soldiers left their vehicles, cars, horses and weapons behind them. They went over to the Americans who were deployed nearby. On the very next day, the Russians came with their red flags and plundered and followed the women and girls.

We had a teacher in our house. He was friendly and nice. He also had children at home.

The Russians stayed for about one year. Afterwards the Czechs came and expropriated us. Within an hour we had to leave our house. We went to the butcher’s house. But one day later we also had to leave his house. So we traveled to an aunt in Unterhaid. There we were handed over on May 15, 1946, at 8 o'clock. Previously we were given a note on which was written that we were only allowed to take with us 50 kg per person.

We had to hand in all our valuable objects like jewellery and money, but also our keys. Then we were transported to Kaplitz by truck. There we stayed in a camp for eight days. Then we had to undergo a check and after that we were taken to a train and "loaded" into a wagon which normally was used for transporting cattle. There were about 30 people with luggage in one wagon without any light. We got cabbage soup at 12 o'clock. Afterwards we headed to the Bavarian border. During our journey many wagons were decoupled at railway stations. So many families were separated. My stop was in Georgsgmünd. There I had to go to a camp, where I stayed for eight days. Then we went to Gunzenhausen, where we were vaccinated.  Finally my parents and my sister and me were allocated to a farmer in Enderndorf.