Tag: 2024-09 Notes-From-Renate
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Christmas Ornaments
Each year we set up our tree and I decorate it with ornaments I have collected over the years. The enjoyment of this ritual has been resurrected with the arrival of our grandchildren. While for now, they are young and simply see the magic of the tree, soon they will be old enough to help…
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Christmas 1944
We are very lucky and thankful to be able to enjoy a wonderful Christmas. This is not the same for many, such as those in war-torn countries. In 2017 I digitized a number of 16 mm films my grandfather had made, and one was of their Christmas celebration from 1944. Given the work I am…
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Kirchstraße 15
Here, Renate talks about tante Fanny’s home and factory. Fanny operated the cardboard box factory after her husband’s death in 1928, however, Renate doesn’t state when she retired. On my 2017 visit, I found that the house and factory no longer exist. When the war began, my interest was increasingly focused on the cardboard factory.…
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Purtschellerhaus
Here, Renate describes the family’s connect with Berchtesgaden. The citizens of Sonneberg have always been enterprising and above all fond of hiking. At some point, the gentle slopes of the Thuringian Forest were no longer enough for them, and so towards the end of the 19th century, a few wealthy merchants, chaired by Adolf Fleischmann,…
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Werner
Here, Renate is talking about her cousin Werner Nennstiel, son of her [great] aunt Fanny. I don’t remember much about Aunt Fanny’s son. He was drafted into the Wehrmacht at the beginning of the war and was later stationed in France the whole time. The few days he had during a leave from the front…