Hello Helga, I would like to comment on your statement: "I was born in Austria Hungary when it was regained by Germany..." The changing of the map of Hungary has been, and still is, mind boggling. As Anne Dreer stated, the Austro-Hungarian Empire ceased to be subsequent to the Treaty of Trianon, when the re-drawing of the borders by the Allied Powers resulted in Hungary's devastating loss of more than two thirds of its territories. After joining the Axis Powers and taking part in the invasion of Yugoslavia In 1941, Hungary reclaimed some of those lost territories. As a child I still remember the radical changes in the Batschka - the currency, city/village/street names, official language, etc. were changed overnight from Serbian to Hungarian. If you were born during that period prior to 1944, you were born in what was once again the Kingdom of Hungary - albeit for a short period - but not in Austria-Hungary. After 1944, Hungary's borders reverted to its post-Trianon status, and the Batschka was once again part of Yugoslavia, now Serbia. Rose Vetter