Grete geb. Roschkowski & Hannelore geb. Petroschka- Remembrances of Elbing

Hannelore Petroschka and Grete geb. Roschkowski were among the tens of thousands of Germans forcibly removed from their home by the

German Expulsion – “Ethnic Cleansing” of  Elbing/Elblag following World War 2.

In March of 2013, I was contacted by Hannelore’s grand-daughter who wrote:

My Grandmother Hannelore was born in Elbing [West Prussia] in 1923 to Julius Petroschka and Grete Roschkowski (whose family owned a furniture factory in Elbing).

After my grandmother died a lot of her belongings were lost but we have recently discovered a box of photographs which included a lot of post cards from Elbing and the surrounding areas. It seems my great grandmother purchased them before they [the family] fled Elbing; knowing that [they] would never be able to go back.

I’ve uploaded them [her photos] to my flikr account[…] if you might find them useful please feel free to use them.

What follows is a reformatted version of Hannelore and Grete’s photographic collection; this collection/ these images represent memories of their alte Heimatland (old homeland). Please be aware that I have enhanced these images, to the best of my ability, from the originals sourced on Flickr.  Hopefully, this image library represents an accurate & true version of  the original postcards and photos.