LORE'S TALES
A History
My Great-grandfather Andreas, my mom Theresa, and my Great-grandmother Elisabeth
My maternal Grandmother Maria (aka Marianna) with my mother Theresa as a child - My mother's First Communion - Marianna as a child
My maternal Great-grandmother Katherina and My Great-grandfather Matthias - Katheria and her sister Susanna - Susanna and Katherina
My family on my mother's side
are Donauschwaben from the Batschka area in
the Vojvodina what was once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then
Yugoslavia, now Serbia .
They are ethnic Germans from the Black Forest region that immigrated to the area
in the 1700's via
the Danube river... which is how they got the name... in English they are the
Danube Swabians.
At that time it was still part of the Holy Roman Empire. At the time when
my Grandfather was born
it was called Hungary, but it became Yugoslavia by the time my mother was born.
All I can say is that they lived close to the border, and it changed... but they
lived peacefully under the King.
First it was King Peter, then King Alexander, and then King Peter II, but he was
forced to leave during the war.
I hope to someday write the stories that my mother told me of my family's
experiences during WWII,
but for now I will just put a link to a site called the
Donauschwaben Villages Helping Hands
as they explain the history of the people of that region very well.
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