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Adolf Senger --By on August 19th, 2009

Adolf Senger was the tenth (10th) of Michael Senger’s and Adelgunde Kiel’s 13 children.  He was the second [...]

Albert Senger --By on August 19th, 2009

ZUM GEDENKEN
Nachname:     Senger
Vorname:     Albert
Dienstgrad:     Reservist
Geburtsdatum:     27.05.1888
Geburtsort:     Zeyervorderkampen
Todes-/Vermisstendatum:     03.12.1914
Todes-/Vermisstenort:
Albert Senger ruht auf der [...]

Altes Ostpreussen --By on December 27th, 2009

Ostpreußen wie es damals war…

An Elbing Remembrance- Fred Rump --By on June 14th, 2010

We’ve had some interesting discussions [...] lately but I feel that for most of us Elbing and it’s [...]

Any idea where Zeyer’s early ev. Kirche records might be found? --By on December 31st, 2009

Hello all!
I have what is for me a riddle. I know that before 1774 Zeyer had a Church, [...]

Bericht über die End-Kämpfe um Elbing --By on October 21st, 2009

Alfred Neubert, Hannoversch Münden, Burgstraße 15/16, den 18. August 1946
23. Januar bis 10. Februar 1945
Die Verteidigung Elbings war [...]

Danzig History --By on September 17th, 2009

DANZIG / GDANSK
This page is concerned with the history of the whole Danzig territory as set up in [...]

Deutsche Mundarten- German Language --By on February 6th, 2011

The maps on this page indicate where various European German speaking peoples lived prior to the German Expulsions [...]

Deutscher Zeitschriften in Elblag (Elbing) --By on November 13th, 2009

Die sich in der Elbinger Bibliothek befindenden Zeitschriften und regionale Zeitungen auf Deutsch:

Die letzten Tage – Januar und Februar 1945 --By on October 21st, 2009

Original Article (used within terms of Fair Use)

Der folgende Bericht beruht auf Datenunterlagen des letzten Oberbürgermeisters der Stadt [...]

Egon Recht --By on August 19th, 2009

ZUM GEDENKEN
Nachname:            Recht
Vorname:            Egon
Dienstgrad:
Geburtsdatum:            23.09.1922
Geburtsort:
Todes-/Vermisstendatum:        01.07.1944
Vermißtort/Todesort:            Mittelabschnitt
Nach den uns [...]

Elbing Photo Galleries --By on January 3rd, 2010

New Photos added! Neue Fotos!
We add new photos to our “Elbing Damals” image gallery as we come upon [...]

Elbinger Adressbücher --By on May 31st, 2010

We are seeking to complete our collection of all known Elbing Prussia (Kreis Elbing Westpreussen) Address and Telephone [...]

Elbinger Schutzjuden --By on March 24th, 2010

source: courtesy Fred Rump
In 1783, Moses Simon paid 40,000 Thaler to the city to earn protection and the [...]

Endkampf um Ostpreußen --By on August 22nd, 2009

Source document may be found at: The Real Blaze
Die Panzerabwehrschlacht südlich Gumbinnen
von Oberstleutnant a. D. W. Salomon
Die Panzerabwehrschlacht [...]

Erich Recht --By on August 19th, 2009

ZUM GEDENKEN
Name: [...]

Hansestadt Elbing- Videos --By on December 5th, 2009

Ich habe die volgende Films von ehemaligen Elbing gefunden…. viel spass!
I found the following films of the former [...]

Heimatsortskartei & a true history --By on October 2nd, 2010

By the end of WW2, the destruction of Germany was nearly total. Almost every city had been leveled; [...]

Hinaus in die Ferne --By on January 16th, 2012

It probably bears mention that my grandmother- Frieda Senger- was a woman of many verses.  So given that [...]

Julius Senger --By on August 19th, 2009

World War I Service (1914-1918): 7. Landsturm .Inf.Btl. Allenstein wurde später LIB XX/14 numeriert (vom XX. Armee-Korps aufgestellt)

Kirche Zeyer (evangelisch) --By on October 21st, 2009

Original Source (used with author’s permission)
Autor: Günter Mauter
Fast ein Kuriosum ist ein Teil der Geschichte der evangelischen Kirche [...]

Protected: Luise Senger -Documents --By on August 19th, 2009

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Marienburg – Sitz des Deutschen Ordens --By on November 8th, 2010

Mennonite Histories of West Prussia --By on November 9th, 2011

The links on this page have been sourced from the Prussian Mennonite Genealogy Resources site. I have rearranged [...]

NDR Flucht & Vertreibung Geschichten- Expulsion Histories --By on November 7th, 2010

Flucht und Vertreibung Geschichten von Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). German Expulsion histories broadcast and published by North German Radio [...]

Ostpreußen das Ende – East Prussia, the end --By on February 13th, 2011

The assault on and destruction of East Prussia (1945).

Our Elbing Addressbooks --By on June 3rd, 2010

Elbinger Adressbücher
Mark Rabideau hat auf seiner privaten Webseite zahlreiche Elbinger Addressbuecher (1847-1930) veröffentlicht. Auch ein Telefonbuch von 1937 [...]

Papatschen Käserei (Meierei) --By on December 29th, 2010

In Zeyervorderkampen during and before World War 2, there was a small Käserei (Meierei) Dairy that was owned, [...]

Pogesanians, Pomesania & Pomerelia --By on December 31st, 2009

The area from around Elbing and Zeyer from which the Senger family came was land most anciently known [...]

Prussian and Polish Royalty --By on July 2nd, 2010

The following documents covering Prussian and Polish Royalty lexicons and histories are now available on ManyRoads.

Der [...]

Protected: Richard and Frieda Senger Documents --By on August 25th, 2009

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Richard Senger -90th Birthday --By on August 20th, 2009

Richard Senger,
einst Bauer in Westpreußen, feierte 90. Geburtstag
Schwifting(m).
Schnittblumen, Blumen­schalen, köstliche Getränke und weitere Prä­sente schmücken das Wohnzimmer im [...]

Richard Senger- The Long Road --By on September 8th, 2009

In late winter of 1944/45, the Senger’s farm was overrun and occupied by a command of the advancing [...]

Selbst Jauche half uns nicht --By on October 16th, 2009

Auszüge aus dem Text von Charlotte Kaufmann (used within terms of Fair Use)
Die schlimmste Zeit meines Lebens begann [...]

Senger Family --By on August 24th, 2009

The Senger family had lived in Kreis Grosses Werder area of West Prussia since at least the late [...]

Senger Land und Großen Buden Kampe --By on July 11th, 2010

The Senger Family appears to have had a long term link to the lands around Zeyer (see below). [...]

The Expulsion of Germans --By on October 21st, 2009

Original Article (used within terms of Fair Use)
By Dr. Alfred de Zayas -The main speaker at the premiere [...]

The Sengers -1920 to 1944 --By on September 14th, 2009

Richard Senger was a successful German farmer in West Prussia. He worked and cared for his family’s farm [...]

Wasserstrasse, Elbing --By on November 13th, 2010

On the 22nd of October, 2010, I received an email from a long-time (since 1762) family friend (more [...]

West Prussia (near Zeyer) Mennonite Births, Deaths, Marriages --By on November 9th, 2011

The links on this page have been sourced from the Prussian Mennonite Genealogy Resources site. I have rearranged [...]

Willi Wedhorn --By on August 19th, 2009

ZUM GEDENKEN

Nachname:            Wedhorn
Vorname:            Willi
Dienstgrad:            Unteroffizier
Geburtsdatum:            26.03.1923
Geburtsort:
Todes-/Vermisstendatum:        15.04.1945
Todesort: Willi Wedhorn [...]

XVII. Armeekorps --By on September 18th, 2009

36th Division (German Empire)
This is the major unit during WW1 to which we believe Richard Senger belonged and [...]

You can’t go back (an appreciation) --By on June 11th, 2010

A recent posting I placed on ManyRoads has provided me with some new insights into life, progress and [...]

Zeyer Friedhof- 2010 --By on June 3rd, 2010

Vergangenheit in aller Munde (original source article)

Die Kirche und der Friedhof in Zeyer (Gemeinde Elbing) haben den Kampf [...]

Zeyer- das Ende --By on August 22nd, 2009

This article has been translated and reworked with family events.

Erinnerungen eines Amtsvorstehers des Amtsbezirkes Zeyer.
Johannes Jahn, Landwirt und [...]

Zeyer- the end --By on February 14th, 2011

Recollections of an officer of the chief administrative district in Zeyer.
Johannes Jahn, farmer and farm owner in Zeyersvorderkampen.
see [...]

Zum Gedenknis- In Memory --By on September 25th, 2009

For those who thought that WW2 was long over, a rude reminder of its horrors and brutality have [...]