source: courtesy Fred Rump In 1783, Moses Simon paid 40,000 Thaler to the city to earn protection and the rights to compete with his Christian counterparts in Elbing for himself and his descendants. (Schutz = protection and Juden= Jews) By 1812, 33 such families had settled in Elbing. Most had paid a fee to the [...]
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source: Ehre die Ahnen germanicfolc’s Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/germanicfolc Wie meine Oma frueher gesagt hat: (As my grandmother used to say:) Es war einmal…(It was once..)
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Autor: www.heiligenwalde.de 25. Januar 1945 Heute musste meine Mutter mit mir und meinen 3 Brüdern das schöne Heiligenwalde verlassen. Mein Vater wurde in den letzten Kriegstagen noch zum Volkssturm eingezogen. Vorher hatte er mit seiner Landwirtschaft auch dafür Sorge tragen müssen, dass er in angemessenem Rahmen die Versorgung der Soldaten an der Front mit landwirtschaftlichen [...]
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Source document may be found at: The Real Blaze Die Panzerabwehrschlacht südlich Gumbinnen von Oberstleutnant a. D. W. Salomon Die Panzerabwehrschlacht war für den Kreis und die Stadt Gumbinnen von höchster Bedeutung. Sie vereitelte den Plan der Russen, durch einen Umgehungsvorstoß über Nemmersdorf—Branden (Ischdaggen) nach Mallwen (Mallwischken, Kr. Pillkallen), Gumbinnen einzukesseln. Ein geglückter Vorstoß hätte [...]
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