I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I might find a picture or article of one of the 1938 Olympic torch bearers. My husbands uncle ran with the torch but we do not know where he ran. It is said that a cousin has the torch but I have not been able to confirm. We also think he might have been a trainer at the Olympics. He was from Vienna not Germany but I was hoping maybe someone would have an idea of where I could find this information. His name was Eric Frisch. Any advice or help would be appreciated. Carolyn

My cousin adopted a child from Russia. The torch passed through the town where the child was born. I went to the town's web site and saw many photos of the torch passing through the small town. In a larger town nearby they also had photos posted on their town's web site. A lot of work but, you might start by tracing the track, on a map, there are many routes posted on the Internet. Just Google 'Olympic Torch Route' or some other combination of the name. Locate the many villages and towns on the route and start your research on each of the towns web sites in the country you're looking for, looking for photos. If you want to get fancy, you can look at Google's MyMaps and create a track by dropping pens on a map you create. Mike -----Original Message----- From: baden-wurttemberg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:baden-wurttemberg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Lass Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 7:42 PM To: BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BW] 1938 Olympics I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I might find a picture or article of one of the 1938 Olympic torch bearers. My husbands uncle ran with the torch but we do not know where he ran. It is said that a cousin has the torch but I have not been able to confirm. We also think he might have been a trainer at the Olympics. He was from Vienna not Germany but I was hoping maybe someone would have an idea of where I could find this information. His name was Eric Frisch. Any advice or help would be appreciated. Carolyn ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks everyone for the advice and the article in the sun sentinel. That was a great article. I found some general information about the torch trail in 1936. Hopefully I can fine more information or an article from Vienna at some point. Again thanks for the help. > On Feb 8, 2014, at 8:42 PM, Carolyn Lass <class9597@icloud.com> wrote: > > I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I might find a picture or article of one of the 1938 Olympic torch bearers. My husbands uncle ran with the torch but we do not know where he ran. It is said that a cousin has the torch but I have not been able to confirm. We also think he might have been a trainer at the Olympics. He was from Vienna not Germany but I was hoping maybe someone would have an idea of where I could find this information. His name was Eric Frisch. Any advice or help would be appreciated. > > Carolyn > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message