Aida, I have corresponded with you before but it has been a long time ago. My German ancestors lived in the Sudetenland, in far norther Moravia (Alt Lublitz).? While my direct ancestors migrated to Texas in 1899, many of my grandmother's cousins and other relatives remained behind. I have recently had some German letters translated and in one letter sent to my grandmother in 1948 by her cousin (who, by then had been relocated to Passau-Auerbach), the cousin states "You too can thank God that Johann did not buy the Erbrichterei (?) in Hartan". My question is, who or what is Erbrichterei and where is Hartan? I hope that you receive this message in time and can reply to this request this weekend because I am?leaving on Monday, Oct. 20th for?the first, and probably only, time that I will visit Germany. I?plan to visit the Silesian Museum in Gorlitz.? Can you give me any pointers of other places to visit in that area? Thanks for any assistance that you can provide. Carroll Warschak Waco, Texas -----Original Message----- From: Aida'smail <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 3:47 pm Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Any info on Czech records being filmed Mary, as of this date, you still have to hire a genealogist to extract information from the Czech archives. There are a few microfilms of Church Registers on file at Leipzig from the Sudetenland and those they shared with the LDS. Here is where you can search their inventory. Einsiedl and Marienbad are not listed - unfortunately! Here is the link as to what is available in alphabetic order by German village name and the number of the microfilm which is available from the LDS. http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SUD/kb-leipzig.html Aida ---------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Read" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 10:06 AM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Any info on Czech records being filmed > Haven't heard any more about the LDS filming the > records that are in archives in the Czech Republic. > Has anyone heard? I'm anxious for the records in > Pilsen to be microfilmed and/or digitized. My > ancestors are from Marienbad and Einsiedl (Marianske > Lazne and Mnichov). > > Mary Utschig Read > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Carroll: If you visit the Museum at Görlitz, I hope that you realize that this is Germany, not the Czech Republic. Görlitz was in Eastern Germany and as you know, they were over 50 years under Communism where nothing was rejuvenated during that time. They rebuilt immediately after the wall came down and they have done remarkable work. Since you will find yourself at Görlitz, you could easily visit Dresden. Dresden was the Florence of Germany with the most precious arts, paintings, sculptures and architecture. No military bases, no heavy industry, it was the King of the Saxon's playground. Culture, opera, theater, museums, parks, riverboats.... that was the meaning of Dresden. It was bombed for three days in a row by the Allied at the end of WW2 and 50,000 people found their death in just one night. They never could establish a true count of people because too many had fled from the Russian front and sheltered in the city. The actual count might be well double. The firestorm caused by the block buster bombs from the planes have left piles of burned bodies and nothing but the outside stone walls of the houses remained. After so many years gone by since then, Dresden has been rebuilt. They were using photographs of the original buildings and replicated the old architecture to the very original detail in sculpture and painting. Here in the true sense of the word "Phoenix rose from the ashes" and it is a most touching place to visit. It is a memorial equal to that of a "concentration camp" ..... only in reverse. It is a sign and warning that a politician's signature under a document can create the destruction of life, even of mankind. So if you want to visit Dresden, you will find its old playful looks, which is a veritable caress to your eyes. Don't forget to walk down to the Elbe River and go on a river side wheeler-boat for a memorable day trip. Enjoy! Aida -------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:15 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Aida, > I have corresponded with you before but it has been a long time ago. > My German ancestors lived in the Sudetenland, in far norther Moravia (Alt > Lublitz).? While my direct ancestors migrated to Texas in 1899, many of my > grandmother's cousins and other relatives remained behind. > > I have recently had some German letters translated and in one letter sent > to my grandmother in 1948 by her cousin (who, by then had been relocated to > Passau-Auerbach), the cousin states "You too can thank God that Johann did > not buy the Erbrichterei (?) in Hartan". > > My question is, who or what is Erbrichterei and where is Hartan? > > I hope that you receive this message in time and can reply to this request > this weekend because I am?leaving on Monday, Oct. 20th for?the first, and > probably only, time that I will visit Germany. I?plan to visit the Silesian > Museum in Gorlitz.? Can you give me any pointers of other places to visit in > that area? > Thanks for any assistance that you can provide. > Carroll Warschak > Waco, Texas > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aida'smail <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 3:47 pm > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Any info on Czech records being filmed > > > > Mary, as of this date, you still have to hire a genealogist to extract > information from the Czech archives. > There are a few microfilms of Church Registers on file at Leipzig from the > Sudetenland and those they shared with the LDS. Here is where you can > search their inventory. Einsiedl and Marienbad are not listed - > unfortunately! > Here is the link as to what is available in alphabetic order by > German village name and the number of the microfilm which is available from > the LDS. > http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SUD/kb-leipzig.html > Aida > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Read" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 10:06 AM > Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Any info on Czech records being filmed > > > > Haven't heard any more about the LDS filming the > > records that are in archives in the Czech Republic. > > Has anyone heard? I'm anxious for the records in > > Pilsen to be microfilmed and/or digitized. My > > ancestors are from Marienbad and Einsiedl (Marianske > > Lazne and Mnichov). > > > > Mary Utschig Read > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Discussions of the Allied Bombing of Dresden: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II http://www.holocaustdenialontrial.com/trial/defense/evans/5.2 http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/bombing_of_dresden.htm ______ Lavrentiy Aida Kraus wrote: > > Carroll: > If you visit the Museum at Görlitz, I hope that you realize that this is > Germany, not the Czech Republic. Görlitz was in Eastern Germany and as you > know, they were over 50 years under Communism where nothing was rejuvenated > during that time. They rebuilt immediately after the wall came down and > they have done remarkable work. Since you will find yourself at Görlitz, > you could easily visit Dresden. Dresden was the Florence of Germany with > the most precious arts, paintings, sculptures and architecture. No military > bases, no heavy industry, it was the King of the Saxon's playground. > Culture, opera, theater, museums, parks, riverboats.... that was the meaning > of Dresden. It was bombed for three days in a row by the Allied at the end > of WW2 and 50,000 people found their death in just one night. They never > could establish a true count of people because too many had fled from the > Russian front and sheltered in the city. The actual count might be well > double. The firestorm caused by the block buster bombs from the planes have > left piles of burned bodies and nothing but the outside stone walls of the > houses remained. After so many years gone by since then, Dresden has been > rebuilt. They were using photographs of the original buildings and > replicated the old architecture to the very original detail in sculpture and > painting. Here in the true sense of the word "Phoenix rose from the ashes" > and it is a most touching place to visit. It is a memorial equal to that > of a "concentration camp" ..... only in reverse. It is a sign and warning > that a politician's signature under a document can create the destruction of > life, even of mankind. > > So if you want to visit Dresden, you will find its old playful looks, which > is a veritable caress to your eyes. Don't forget to walk down to the Elbe > River and go on a river side wheeler-boat for a memorable day trip. Enjoy! > Aida