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Binder, Friedrich
Born
1916 in Waldnaudorf (Tiszakalmanfalva)
Batschka. He graduated from the
teachers college of Werschetz and
Universities of Belgrade, Vienna and
Berlin. He became a member of the German
“news report team” 1941-1945 in Hungary.
After the war he settled in Tübingen,
Germany where he became a teacher and
author of several publications on
Donauschwaben history. |
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Friedrich Binder |
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Diplich, Hans
Born 1909
in Großkomlosch, Banat. He
studied in Temeschwar and the University
of Bucharest, Münster and Klausenburg.
He taught in several towns in Romania
among them Weißenburg.
After the war he became a teacher in
Munich, Germany. He has authored many
papers books and was the president of
the “Donauschwäbische Stiftung” whose
sole purpose was to document the history
of the Donauschwaben. He is the
originator of the
Donauschwaben coat of
arms and the colors White-Green he
selected from Weißkirchen, Banat, in
honor of the town which became the
center point of the Donauschwaben
movement and the man Ludwig Kremling,
the leader of our Folks group in 1906. |
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Hans Diplich |
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Georg,
Wildmann
Born 1929 in Filipowa,
Batschka. He became one of the students
of Josef Volkmar Senz in Neu Werbass and
became a slave laborer during the post
war years in communist Yugoslavia. He
managed to flee from Yugoslavia in 1946
and came to Linz, Austria where he
continued his education in Theology and
Philosophy in Linz, Austria, at the
University of Gregoriana in Rome and
later in Salzburg. His résumé is endless
and he received teaching seats at
several Universities. Among his many
works are the four volumes of “Der
Leidensweg der Donauschwaben” known to
us as short version of “Genocide”. His
contributions to our cause are endless
and we owe him a great deal of gratitude
for the time he provided to document our
history. He also became a consultant to
many history writers one of which was I
during the time I wrote my book. |
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Georg Wildmann |
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Haltmayer,
Josef
Born 1913 in Hodschag, Batschka.
He became a theologian and was ordained
as priest in 1936. After the war he
resided at the dioceses in Linz,
Austria. His work in church history of
the Donauschwaben is of great
importance. |
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Josef Haltmayer |
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Hamm, Franz
Born 1900
in Neu Werbass, Batschka studied in
Belgrade, Vienna, Heidelberg and
Mannheim. He became on of the
important journalist of the
Donauschwaben. His contributions as such
are near endless. He became one of the
leaders of the refugee tracks and one of
the authors of the Charta of the
Donauschwaben. |
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Franz Hamm |
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Hügel, Christian
Ludwig
Born 1915 in Neu Schowe,
Batschka. Graduated from the teachers
college of Werbass and became a teacher
of Germanistic in Belgrade. He became a
POW after the war and moved to Backnang,
Germany where he was active as teacher.
His special interest was youth education
and devoted many hours as writer of many
papers on our history. |
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Christian
Hügel |
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Hügel, Kaspar
Born 1906
in Lowrin, Banat. He studied in
Temeschwar, Kausenburg and Munich,
Germany. He became study
director of the famous
University of the "Banatia."
After the war he resided in Vorarlberg,
Austria where he continued his work as
an educator. He contributed as an author
of many important research papers on the
Donauschwaben school system.
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Kasper
Hügel |
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Kniesel, Wilfred
Born
1922 in Beschka, Syrmien. He
studied in Karlowitz, Neu Werbass and
Esseg. He became soldier and saw action
near Leningrad Russia (Petersburg).
After the war he continued his study at
the University of Frankfurt, Germany, He
thought chemistry and economy in
Darmstadt. His contributed to the study
of Donauschwaben genealogy and family
history of the Donauschwaben and the
Palatinate from where many of our
ancestors originate. |
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Wilfred Kniesel |
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Kopp-Krumes, Magdalena
Born 1930 in Tscherwenka, Batschka.
She her education was interrupted
by the war like so many of the children
in her age group. After the war she
lived in Munich and assumed a position
at the Siemens Company there. She became
interested in art and studied painting
and drawings and drew many Donauschwaben
personalities like Ludwig Kremling,
Stefan Kraft, you find here. Her real
talent surfaced as an illustrator of
many publications and the creation of
the many of our wonderful maps you can
admire on this site. |
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Magdalena Kopp-Krumes |
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Leicht,
Sebastian
Born 1908 in Brestowatz,
Batschka. He became a student of art in
Belgrade and Munich. He began to display
his painting at many exhibits around the
country and began to travel the regions
of the Donauschwaben and created
painting of their lives. Many of our
books feature his illustrations. After
the war he settled in the Danube city of
Passau where he continued his untiring
work. |
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Sebastian Leicht |
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Oberkersch, Valentin
Born 1920 in
India, Syrmia. He visited the high
schools in Semlin and Karlowitz and
later graduated from the University of
Belgrade. After the war he continued his
study on the University of Graz in
Austria. From here he moved to Stuttgart
where he became active in many the
research of several Donauschwaben
Heimatbücher (Towns books). |
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Valentin Oberkersch |
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Rasimus, Hans
Born 1914
in Kathreinsfeld, Banat. He went
to school in Werschetz and later studied
in Berlin. He became an administrator of
the Schwäbische-Deutschen Kulturbund
(Swabian-German Cultural Society) in
1939 in Neusatz (Novi Sad). Was active
in the school system in the Banat in
1941. After the war he made his home in
Stallwang, Germany. He became involved
in our culture and heritage and became a
contributor in Trachten (costumes)
research, as well as, is originality.
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Hans Rasimus |
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Senz, Josef Volkmar
Born 1912 in Apatin, Batschka.
He dedicated his live for the
Donauschwaben. His live was
determined by the early death of
his parents and he became a
nomad moving from place to place
and idea to idea. The National
movements of the time after WWI
made him aware that he was
German. From that time on he
became student of these ethnic
movements and after he graduated
from the teacher college he
embraced the slogan of the
“Schwäbische-Deutschen
Kulturbund” “Volkstreu and
Staatstreu” (Faithful to our
people and our country). His
thirst for knowledge made him an
authority in many subject and he
became a contributor to the
documentation of our history in
as many subject as his
interests. After the war he came
to Regensburg where he became an
authority of the Donauschwaben
school system, the history and
named president of teacher’s
organization of the
Donauschwaben. |
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Josef Volkmar Senz |
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Sonnleitner, Hans
Born 1931 in
Karlsdorf, Banat. He became a victim of the Tito Partisans
and after his escape from the death camp
he came to Munich, Germany in1947. He
assumed a position at the Siemens
Company. In Munich he became the head of
the Family Research Center and the
president of the Donauschwäbischen
Kulturstiftung in 1978. His
organizational talent led to the
completion of documentations of the
History of the Donauschwaben. |
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Hans Sonnleitner |
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Taffener, Anton
Born 1910 in Boglar,
Schildgebirge. He began his education in
the college of Tata and Kecskemet and
studied philosophy and theology in
Budapest and Freiburg, Germany. He
received a doctorate in philosophy and
thought at the Jakob-Bleyer College in
Budapest. After the war he came to
Munich where he became one of the most
active writers of our history. |
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Anton Taffener |
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Werni,
Sebastian
Born 1912 in Filipowa,
Batschka. He studied Theology and
Philosophy at the University of Agram.
Toward the end of the war he became one
of the track leaders on flight from the
Russians and settled in Vienna. There he
became a spokesmen for the refugees and
continued his education in Vienna. His
particular interest was in Vojvodina and
the Banat. He contributed in many
varieties of capacities to the cause of
the Donauschwaben. |
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Sebastian Werni |
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Taking a
short break at the house of Kaspar
Burghart after an interesting conference
discussing our history prior to the
writing of “The last generation
forgotten and left to die” a history of
the Donauschwaben. |
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L-R: Dr. George Wildmann, Hans Kopp,
Kaspar Burghart |
