Hi , First I want to THANK all the poster’s that have contributed all the wonderful recipe’s, history, & stories. I have enjoyed each and everyone. I am wondering if anyone out there can help me with two things: 1st. My mother told me that her Aunt Anna LEIMETTER from Deustch St. Michael ( B: abt: 190 was taken or sent to a work camp she thought in Russia. my problem is that she thought it was before wwII. I can’t find any info on anything like that happening before the war. I don’t know if she was already married and to who or not. Questions: Does anyone know anything about this happening and where can I get some info? 2nd, My Grandfather John BRATTAN was B:1896 in Deustch St. Michael went to war and was injured and spent a long time in an Italian hospital and returned 1917 or 18. Questions: How can I find out what army he served in and anything on his hospitalization. I really can use all the help I can get. It seems that no one knows very much about this tiny little town. Thanking you all in advance for any help you can give. Keep up the great listings’ I think this would be a great way for our schools to teach history. I have learned and understood more here in the last few months than all my time in school. I guess I must not have paid very good attention then, but I really didn,t care about the wars dates. I think it is about what happened to the countries and the wonderful people who lived in them and what it did to them and their families. Sorry to ramble on so long. Barb D

Hello Barb, It was in 1945 when the DS were taken to Russia to work as slave labor. These two articles will give you a sense of what happened there. I had at least five relatives who were taken there in train cattle cars. There were others I have found who died in the camps. Here is an accounting remembering the terrible experience: http://www.dvhh.org/semlak/Dusseldorf~pt-1-fifty-yrs-after.htm Also there is a journal of a young man/boy of his declining health in a Russian camp: http://www.dvhh.org/semlak/Toth-deportation-diary.htm I could not find your grandfather in David Dreyers, "Banaters in Austrian Military Records" but I am in a rush to go off to an appointment. I will look again this afternoon. Rose Mary Keller Hughes W Henrietta, NY, USA -----Original Message----- From: Barb D Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 4:36 PM To: donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com Subject: [DVHH] Camps & Army's Hi , First I want to THANK all the poster’s that have contributed all the wonderful recipe’s, history, & stories. I have enjoyed each and everyone. I am wondering if anyone out there can help me with two things: 1st. My mother told me that her Aunt Anna LEIMETTER from Deustch St. Michael ( B: abt: 190 was taken or sent to a work camp she thought in Russia. my problem is that she thought it was before wwII. I can’t find any info on anything like that happening before the war. I don’t know if she was already married and to who or not. Questions: Does anyone know anything about this happening and where can I get some info? 2nd, My Grandfather John BRATTAN was B:1896 in Deustch St. Michael went to war and was injured and spent a long time in an Italian hospital and returned 1917 or 18. Questions: How can I find out what army he served in and anything on his hospitalization. I really can use all the help I can get. It seems that no one knows very much about this tiny little town. Thanking you all in advance for any help you can give. Keep up the great listings’ I think this would be a great way for our schools to teach history. I have learned and understood more here in the last few months than all my time in school. I guess I must not have paid very good attention then, but I really didn,t care about the wars dates. I think it is about what happened to the countries and the wonderful people who lived in them and what it did to them and their families. Sorry to ramble on so long. Barb D ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Hi Rosemary 75,000 of our people in their prime were send to slave labor camps in Russia at Christmas of 1944. Both of my parents were among those deported. My father was in Kharkov 9 months and my mother spent 4 years in the coalmines of Atratsit. Both actually the Ukraine. Your second question it was the Hungarian army. The territories were under the Hungarian Kingdom during Austria-Hungary. You may also go to website default and click on history and find; "The deportation of our parents to Russia." Gruss Hans default Page Author: DSNA webmaster. The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author. The contents of this page remain the proper... View on www.donauschwaben... Preview by Yahoo On Monday, April 28, 2014 10:04 AM, Rose Mary Keller Hughes <rhughes5@rochester.rr.com> wrote: Hello Barb, It was in 1945 when the DS were taken to Russia to work as slave labor. These two articles will give you a sense of what happened there.  I had at least five relatives who were taken there in train cattle cars.  There were others I have found who died in the camps. Here is an accounting remembering the terrible experience: http://www.dvhh.org/semlak/Dusseldorf~pt-1-fifty-yrs-after.htm Also there is a journal of a young man/boy of his declining health in a Russian camp: http://www.dvhh.org/semlak/Toth-deportation-diary.htm I could not find your grandfather in David Dreyers, "Banaters in Austrian Military Records" but I am in a rush to go off to an appointment.  I will look again this afternoon. Rose Mary Keller Hughes W Henrietta, NY, USA -----Original Message----- From: Barb D Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 4:36 PM To: donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com Subject: [DVHH] Camps & Army's Hi , First I want to THANK all the poster’s that have contributed all the wonderful recipe’s, history, & stories. I have enjoyed each and everyone. I am wondering if anyone out there can help me with two things: 1st. My mother told me that her Aunt Anna LEIMETTER from Deustch St. Michael ( B: abt: 190 was taken or sent to a work camp she thought in Russia.         my problem is that she thought it was before wwII. I can’t find any info on anything like that happening before the war. I don’t know if she was already married and to who or not.         Questions: Does anyone know anything about this happening and where can I get some info? 2nd, My Grandfather John BRATTAN was B:1896 in Deustch St. Michael went to war and was injured and spent a long time in an Italian hospital and returned 1917 or 18.         Questions: How can I find out what army he served in and anything on his hospitalization. I really can use all the help I can get. It seems that no one knows very much about this tiny little town. Thanking you all in advance for any help you can give. Keep up the great listings’ I think this would be a great way for our schools to teach history. I have learned and understood more here in the last few months than all my time in school. I guess I must not have paid very good attention then, but I really didn,t care about the wars dates. I think it is about what happened to the countries and the wonderful people who lived in them and what it did to them and their families. Sorry to ramble on so long. Barb D ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message