Karen, Thank you for taking the time to send this email. My mother and I were in Germany in June and had planned to stop there at the museum in Ulm...sadly we ran out of time and couldn't make the stop. I appreciate your remarks as it provides me with an idea if what is there. I hope one day I can make the trip. Was there any genealogical data there? Thanks again and I'm glad you enjoyed the visit there! Best, Pamela Byrne Great Granddaughter of Josef Schmidt and Mari Werger. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 19, 2014, at 12:56 AM, Karen Karbiener via <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I just returned from a trip to Ulm and to the Donauschwäbisches > Zentralmuseum, and must recommend it highly to those of you interested in > visualizing what is often talked about here. The Museum is in a huge, > beautiful space near Ulm's train station and the Danube itself (where there > is more artwork and signage to view about Ulm's Danube Swabian roots). It > is well organized, with 26 different sections (starting with stories of > migrations east as early as the 12th century, and ending with a look at > Europe after 1989, the year marking 'the end of communist dictatorships for > the nations of East Central Europe and Southeast Europe'). > > The sections I found most useful for my research, and most moving, were > those on Danube Swabian everyday life ("The Village: An Orderly Community"; > "Clothing: Mirror of the Society"; "Residential Life: Showpiece Bed and > Summer Kitchen") and the sections on the "Escaped, Expelled, Diplaced" and > "New Citizens: Arrival and Integration." There is a complete showcase on > the post-WW2 camp at Gakowa which includes photographs a song book, and the > homespun clothes made by the inmates (my father and grandfather among them). > > The exhibition that lives with me most closely contained materials from a > coal mine in the Ukraine, including postcards and letters from a woman > prisoner back to Yugoslavia as well as her paintings of the horror of daily > life there. She had the wherewithal to take home a piece of coal. It was > perhaps the smallest item on exhibit at the Museum, but it made real and > vivid all of my Oma's stories about her time spent in Luhansk. How very > powerful a material item can be, in confirming and enhancing flitting > memories! > > The Museum's Director, Christian Glass, was very welcoming and is doing a > fantastic job developing the public awareness of Danube Swabian history, in > Germany and beyond (I first met him when he was on a lecture tour in > Serbia). And the gift shop has a compelling selection of books to choose > from: I brought home a photo-filled catalogue of the 2008 exhibition > "Heimat im Koffer," a "Dorfkochbuch" from "Katsch-Neusatz-Kai- Novi Sad, > among other treasures. > > http://www.dzm-museum.de/deutsch/dzm.html > > If you're planning a trip, I can recommend the inexpensive and clean B&B > Hotel, which is very close to the Museum. And I must second Christian's > recommendation of restaurant Zur Forelle, where the fresh fish is > outstanding and the decor tells a colorful version of our beginnings as a > people. > > http://www.ulmer-forelle.de/ > > Alles Gute! Grüße aus New York, > > Karen Karbiener > > > ------------------------------- > 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

I also recommend the "Haus der Donauschwaben" in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart and the "Haus der Donauschwaben in Bayern" in Haar, a suburb of Munich. Sindelfingen has a museum and library and includes the offices of the AKdFF, which manages the publication of most of the Familienbucher. Haar has an excellent museum with many displays of Donauschwaben daily life. Glenn Schwartz President, Zichydorf Village Association (http://zichydorfonline.org) Searching: Schwartz, Kleckner, Schönherr in Zichydorf, Banat; Schüssler, Millecker, Lenhardt in Kudritz, Banat; Schwartz, Kory, Pierson/Person in Morawitza, Banat; Kalupsky/Chalupsky in Blumenthal, Banat; Bardua, Kandel, Heuchert in Kolomea, Galicia; Kuntz, Holzer, Kraft, Wolfe, Folk (Volk) in Kutschurgan, Russia; Macht in Volga, Russia. Email: gschwartz@accesscomm.ca On 19/08/2014 8:14 AM, Pam Byrne via wrote: > Karen, > > Thank you for taking the time to send this email. > > My mother and I were in Germany in June and had planned to stop there at the museum in Ulm...sadly we ran out of time and couldn't make the stop. > > I appreciate your remarks as it provides me with an idea if what is there. I hope one day I can make the trip. > > Was there any genealogical data there? > > Thanks again and I'm glad you enjoyed the visit there! > > Best, > Pamela Byrne > Great Granddaughter of Josef Schmidt and Mari Werger. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 19, 2014, at 12:56 AM, Karen Karbiener via <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> I just returned from a trip to Ulm and to the Donauschwäbisches >> Zentralmuseum, and must recommend it highly to those of you interested in >> visualizing what is often talked about here. The Museum is in a huge, >> beautiful space near Ulm's train station and the Danube itself (where there >> is more artwork and signage to view about Ulm's Danube Swabian roots). It >> is well organized, with 26 different sections (starting with stories of >> migrations east as early as the 12th century, and ending with a look at >> Europe after 1989, the year marking 'the end of communist dictatorships for >> the nations of East Central Europe and Southeast Europe'). >> >> The sections I found most useful for my research, and most moving, were >> those on Danube Swabian everyday life ("The Village: An Orderly Community"; >> "Clothing: Mirror of the Society"; "Residential Life: Showpiece Bed and >> Summer Kitchen") and the sections on the "Escaped, Expelled, Diplaced" and >> "New Citizens: Arrival and Integration." There is a complete showcase on >> the post-WW2 camp at Gakowa which includes photographs a song book, and the >> homespun clothes made by the inmates (my father and grandfather among them). >> >> The exhibition that lives with me most closely contained materials from a >> coal mine in the Ukraine, including postcards and letters from a woman >> prisoner back to Yugoslavia as well as her paintings of the horror of daily >> life there. She had the wherewithal to take home a piece of coal. It was >> perhaps the smallest item on exhibit at the Museum, but it made real and >> vivid all of my Oma's stories about her time spent in Luhansk. How very >> powerful a material item can be, in confirming and enhancing flitting >> memories! >> >> The Museum's Director, Christian Glass, was very welcoming and is doing a >> fantastic job developing the public awareness of Danube Swabian history, in >> Germany and beyond (I first met him when he was on a lecture tour in >> Serbia). And the gift shop has a compelling selection of books to choose >> from: I brought home a photo-filled catalogue of the 2008 exhibition >> "Heimat im Koffer," a "Dorfkochbuch" from "Katsch-Neusatz-Kai- Novi Sad, >> among other treasures. >> >> http://www.dzm-museum.de/deutsch/dzm.html >> >> If you're planning a trip, I can recommend the inexpensive and clean B&B >> Hotel, which is very close to the Museum. And I must second Christian's >> recommendation of restaurant Zur Forelle, where the fresh fish is >> outstanding and the decor tells a colorful version of our beginnings as a >> people. >> >> http://www.ulmer-forelle.de/ >> >> Alles Gute! Grüße aus New York, >> >> Karen Karbiener >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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