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Mennonites, Zeyer, and the Holocaust
Sometimes genealogy research leads to unexpected places. It can dash assumptions and destroy illusions; such was the result of my casual search for information and photographs from the ‘former’ area of Zeyer in Kreis Elbing. I had hoped to find photos of churches and hidden information about the community; instead I uncovered something more ominous and disturbing. Perhaps like many of you, I had always assumed that Mennonites did their best to avoid military service as well as political involvement in more ‘earthly’ pursuits. I had assumed Mennonites were people of peace. I even have their pages labelled as such here on ManyRoads. But, I was wrong. The first revelation…
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Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums
General Journal of Judaica These documents are all hosted at the Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main Digitale Sammlungen as part of their Judaica Collection Compact Memory Title: Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums : ein unpartheiisches Organ für alles jüdische Interesse in Betreff von Politik, Religion, Literatur, Geschichte, Sprachkunde und Belletristik Published: Berlin : Engel, 1.1837 – 86.1922,9 Annotation: Periodizität: ab 84.1920,27(9.Jul.) 14-tägl., ab 4.1840 wöchentl., anfangs 2x wöchentl.; Aufl. ca. 1845: 1 600 Language: German Electronic Edition: New York, NY : New York Public Library, 2011 Volumes available for the years 1837- 1922.
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Preußische Jahrbücher- Prussian Yearbooks (1859-1935)
These texts are located on the web at the Elbląg Digital Library, the Internet Archive, Google, University of Munich and beyond…. They are not hosted on ManyRoads (all are free to read and download). As with most texts on ManyRoads these are all in DJVU format, all are electronically searchable, as well. Please note: should you have difficulty with any of the document formats we provide, you should download and use a tool like Calibre. Calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books; it runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows. A few of the Yearbooks are missing; if…
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East & West Prussia (WW2-era)
The Senger Farm and their Heimatland (homeland) was about 9km. from Elbing in Westpreußen (West Prussia) also known as Freie Stadt Danzig – Free City (State) of Danzig (1920- 1939). This album includes place images and event related photographs of that region. The images in this gallery focus on the time and events of WW2 (such as images are available). For more details, information, and writings regarding our Senger family, please visit the Senger genealogy page. Be advised we are always looking for new materials! Should you have photographic materials you are willing to share with us and our readers, please contact us directly. WW2 & Post-WW2 Photos of Ost…
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Demise of the Elbing Synagogue and Jewish Community
November 9-10, 1938 – “Kristallnacht” Elbing, Germany (today Elbląg, Poland) On the night of 9 to 10 November 1938 in the presence of the Mayor (Johannes O. H. Woelk), of Elbing, Germany officials of the Gestapo, the SS, the Elbing Fire Brigade, set fire to the Elbing synagogue and Jewish community house. Jewish men were arrested, beaten and robbed of their property. Windows were broken in all the Jewish shops in the city. At two o’clock in the morning, Elbing was steeped in a damp darkness and fog. Lantern light barely broke through the darkness. A large portion of the city was awake. Dressed in long military coats, people marched…
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Official Journals of Pommern, Silesia, Ostpreußen, Westpreußen
The documents listed below are all hosted on the Internet Archive, are freely accessible and available for download. As I uncover additional Official Government Journals, I will place links on this page. The following lists of documents are all managed externally to ManyRoads. Official Journal of the Government in Breslau -Amtsblatt der Regierung zu Breslau Official Journal of the Prussian Government in Bromberg – Amtsblatt der Preußischen Regierung zu Bromberg Official Journal of the Government in Danzig -AmtsBlatt der Regierung zu Danzig Official Journal of the Provincial Government in Gumbinnen – Amtsblatt des Regierungspräsidenten in Gumbinnen Official Journal of the Prussian Government in Königsberg – Amtsblatt der Preußischen Regierung zu…
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Quick & Easy History
By way of making history a ‘little bit’ more interesting and fun, here are numerous YouTube presentations. Hopefully they will help provide some historical perspective for what happened to your European/ North American forebears, and when. Be advised the form and format of these videos are ‘diverse’. Their length and ‘professionalism’ (slickness) also varies greatly. Nonetheless, I hope you find the videos informative with easy to digest data. Contents Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins European History 3000BC to present History of Europe (3000 BC – 2013 AD) The Holy Roman Empire 1000 Years Time-Lapse Map of Europe (1000 – 2000 AD) Various Major European/ World Wars The Napoleonic Wars: Every…
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Shoah Research (Holocaust) Resources
For those conducting Shoah (Holocaust) research, you know how difficult good resources and information are to find. Recently I came across a number of ‘less well-known’ (to me) web sites that offer a wealth of source and context information. Hopefully, these links will be of some use in your research efforts. Nazi holocaust documents found: 6,300 files discovered behind wall of Budapest apartment Many educators appreciate the value of using primary source materials in the classroom. The documents selected for this section provide many possibilities for classroom discussion or student activities. The Virginia Holocaust Museum BYU Harold B. Lee Library Shoah (Holocaust) Selected Digitized Documents Related to the Holocaust and…
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NEHGS Searchable German Duplicate Records
Today, I received an email from one of our readers (Beth Golden). Beth’s note provided the following information: German Church Book Duplicates (Online at American Ancestors- New England Historic Genealogical Society) Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1810-1869 Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg and Posen, Church Book Duplicates, 1794-1874 These collections of church records for the territories of Baden, Brandenburg and Posen, Germany, were obtained from church book duplicates that were annually provided to the German state for use by civil authorities. If a particular region had only one religious institution, the clergy often recorded the births, marriages, and deaths of all local individuals regardless of religious affiliation. Microfilm numbers noted in the…
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Zeyer ev. Kirche Damals
Based on Die Kirche von Zeyer by Rainer-Muller-Glodde – original posting This document contains enhancements to the original content & been reworked for English readers by ManyRoads. Die Kirche von Zeyer wird in der diversen Elbing Literatur gelegentlich erwähnt. Danach wurde sie in der Ordenszeit gegründet. Da die Nogat im Laufe der Jahrhunderte ihren Lauf veränderte erfolgte zweimal die Abtragung und der Kirche und ihr Wiederaufbau, das letzte Mal 1754. Im Ergebnis lag das Dorf Zeyer nördlich der Nogat, ihre Kirche südlich – siehe den Bericht unten. Die Kirche – oder das Pfarrhaus ? – muss jedoch zwischen 1770 und 1773 gebrannt haben, wobei alle Kirchenbücher vernichtet wurden. Deswegen…
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Henss Family
This area contains links to all of our Henss Family related photographic history. Our albums include family images, place images, and event related photographs. For more details, information, and writings regarding our Henss family, please visit the ManyRoads’ Genealogies page. Be advised we are always looking for new materials! Should you have photographic materials you are willing to share with us and our readers, please contact us directly.
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Rabideau Family
This area contains links to all of our Rabideau Family related photographic history. Our albums include family images, place images, and event related photographs. Be advised we are always looking for new materials! Should you have photographic materials you are willing to share with us and our readers, please contact us directly. For more details, information, and writings regarding our Rabideau family, please visit the ManyRoads’ Genealogies page.
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Graves & Memorials
Over the years, we have gathered numerous images and memorabilia about family deaths, burials, cremations, etc. The links below represent those from major our Family gathered and presented in major Family groups. Our albums below include family images, place images, and event related photographs/ scans. For more details, information, and writings regarding our family, please visit the ManyRoads’ Genealogies page. Be advised we are always looking for new materials! Should you have photographic materials you are willing to share with us and our readers, please contact us directly.
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Homes & Buildings
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Preußische Dörfer/ Städte – Prussian Communities
This area of ManyRoads contains links to images and photos of the region immediately surrounding the Senger Farm and Heimatland (homeland). This particular set of photos represents our photographic collection of the former (West & East) Prussian towns and villages in which our Senger forebears lived, worked, and worshipped. For more details, information, and writings regarding our Senger family, please visit the Senger genealogy page. Be advised we are always looking for new materials! Should you have photographic materials you are willing to share with us and our readers, please contact us directly. Preußische Dörfer/ Städte (Fotos) ~ Prussian Communities (Photos) Related Pages: Our collection of images related to the…
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Erna Recht
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Frieda Miemitz geboren Wedhorn
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Hermann Recht und Auguste Kunz Familie
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Otto Wedhorn und Emma Recht Familie
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Willi Wedhorn
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Recht u. Wedhorn Familie
This area contains links to all of our Recht & Wedhorn related photographic history. Our albums include family images, place images, and event related photographs. For more details, information, and writings regarding our Recht & Wedhorn family, please visit the ManyRoads’ Genealogies page. Be advised we are always looking for new materials! Should you have photographic materials you are willing to share with us and our readers, please contact us directly.
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Senger Farm 2010
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Senger Family Houses of Worship
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Robert Senger und Olga Döbel
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Richard Senger und Frieda Recht
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Rudolph Senger
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Perm 36 Gulag
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Michael Senger- Adelgunde Kiehl Family
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Heimatland
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Luise Senger
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Frieda (Recht) Senger Nachkriegzeit
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Elbing in the 21st Century
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Elbing Damals
For those who, like me, are interested in the old West Prussian City of Elbing (today Elbląg, Polska)… here is a link to amazing then & now images. The Many-Roads collection of Elbing area images follows immediately below:
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Elbing’s Destruction- 1945
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Elbing- Elbląg
This area of ManyRoads contains hundreds of images and photos of the city of Elbing, Westpreußen (now Elbląg, Poland) and its immediate environs. Images include Elbing’s past, the war, as well as comparison photos of yesterday & today. Elbing was the largest “nearby” town to the Senger family; it is where my mother Luise geboren Senger went to high school and college, while living weekdays with her Onkel Robert Senger and Tante Olga (geboren Döbel) in Elbing on 58 Wasserstraße (today: Wodna 58, Elbląg, Elblag, Polska) . In Elbing, she attended the Elbing Handelsschule. Robert & Olga Senger owned a small Gasthaus and store on the waterfront of the port…
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Zeyer das Ende
Few images survive documenting the fall of the Zeyer area and the German Expulsions. The few images I have found are in this folder, other images are locally representative of what happened to the defeated population of West Prussia.
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Gaede Familie Flucht
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Vertreibung Fotos
Be advised, many of the photos in this collection are disturbing. The images in this album are exclusively non-family photographic images. Our photo collection represents more than 10 years of collection and is designed to provide a reasonable photographic journey through the years 1944-1950 from what was Eastern Germany (today largely Poland, Russia & the Czech Republic). Should you have additional photographic materials (Vertreibung Fotos- Expulsion Photos) you are willing to share with us and our readers, please contact us directly. All images are presented and available under U.S. Fair Use doctrine. (Any copyrights reside with the original owners.)
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Flucht und Vertreibung
This area contains photos, documents, and texts of the Germans’ Expulsion from “the East”. Some of the images are disturbing and may not be well suited for young children. Should you notice any problems with respect to time, place, information or copyright with these photos, please inform me so that I may rectify things immediately. The following link describes a bit about why this topic appears on ManyRoads as well as our thoughts on Ethnic Cleansing & Expulsion: On the “Vertreibung”, Expulsions, and Hope Our Family History with Expulsion(s) Across the years, many of our ancestors (Rabideau & Henss alike) have been expelled, persecuted and “driven out or away” because…
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Damals in Preußen
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bei Pietzkendorf
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Alte Heimat
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Senger Family
This area contains links to all of our Senger-related photographic history. Our albums include family images, place images, and event related photographs. For more details, information, and writings regarding our Senger family, please visit the ManyRoads’ Genealogies page. Be advised we are always looking for new materials! Should you have photographic materials you are willing to share with us and our readers, please contact us directly.
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Rabideau Family Graves
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Senger Family Graves
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Henss Family Graves
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Shoah Research- Getting Started
This material has been significantly update and moved to our new tutorials. Are you embarking on Shoah (Holocaust) research? Would you like a little coaching in this area of research? Although I can hardly claim to be a Shoah research expert, I am more than willing to share what I have learned. By way of providing some background, for the past nine months, or so, I have been helping folks attempt to unearth the stories behind their Jewish roots in Poland and Germany, trying to discover ‘lost’ family records, and more. It has been quite the adventure. Needless to say, the Shoah is an area of emotion, sadness, mystery, frustration,…
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Prussian-German Genealogy Workshop
Do you have interest in attending a ‘distance’ Prussian-German Genealogy Working Group? By way of giving you some background, I currently hold a monthly Prussian-German Genealogy Workshop at my local Parker (Colorado) Family History Center (FHC). There are no charges for the current ‘in-person’ workshop(s). Recently, I received approval from my local FHC to host a remote session using their good offices. What I am attempting to assess is whether or not there are ‘potential attendees out there’ who are interested in adding a ‘distance’ workshop. If there are, then I need to determine: whether I should blending ‘distance’ attendance with our current sessions, or simply create a new ‘remote’…
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Special characters
Do you struggle with your US keyboard in a vain attempt to type something in those “exotic tongues” such as: German French Norwegian Swedish Polish Do you find your ability to enter ß, ö, ä, ü, ø, etc. hampered? Well, I have stumbled on a few options that might help you out. Granted these work better with *nix based operating systems (Linux, Unix, Mac OS) than Windows but within these options you should be able to find, at least, one helpful approach/ tool. If you are seeking a “Desktop-wide’ solution, you can easily map a “compose” key to accomplish this function across your laptop/desktop (not all keyboards actually have one). …
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Vertreibungs Karten (Expulsion Maps)
The historical maps (cartography) in this folder are of the areas and regions from which Ethnic Germans were expelled following World War 2. Cartographic Usage Guide Click (select) any map or cartographic image within a library folder to Preview & Scroll the entire folder content- images, maps, etc. From within the Preview & Scroll function, you may download an image by selecting the down-arrow at the bottom right of the image. Images may load and download slowly -these speeds are largely due to size and available network band-width. Use the left and right arrows at the bottom-right of the image to navigate through the folder. To exit the Image Preview…


















