DVHH Contributions by Dr. Dama; translations by Nick Tullius:

The Banat – a “Penal Colony“ of Maria Theresia?

100th Year Banater Swabian in Austria 1907-2007

1907-2007 Photo Collection

Fare Dodger

Poetry by Hans Dama 2007

Dr. Hans Dama Publications

Two postcards that the Romanians created for Hans Dama [15 Nov 2012]

Author of:

	Österreich und die Banater Schwaben "Austria and the Banat Swabians" Dama, Hans (Hg.) Wien, Publisher Pollischansky, 2005. 288 S., Fadenheftung. ISBN 3-85407-060-81
	Nikolaus Lenau heute gelesen by Hans Bender, Matthias Buth, Hans Dama, and Brigitte Fassbaender (Hardcover - Jan 1, 2000). Publisher: Wilhelm Braumüller Verlag (January 1, 2000) ISBN: 37003132331
	Die Mundart Von Gross-Sankt-Nikolaus Im Rumanischen Banat  Author: Hans Dama, 1991. 195 pages, Illustrated, Deutsche Dialektgeographie, 89, Language: German.  ISBN: 3770809564. Out of print.1
	Launen des Schicksals/Capriciile destinului Author: Hans Dama Contains over 40 poems, on 133 pages; all in German AND in Romanian (translated by a Romanian author). Title translated: "Whims of fate" in German/Romanian.   ISBN 3-85407-062-41

Hans Dama Poems 

Contributed by Dr. Hans Dama
Translations by Nick Tullius

Temeswar Mai 2007   Akazien in Blüte, doch Häuser und Straßen die Blüte vergaßen.   Der Sommer verfrühte, die Rosen im Garten* kein Lächeln erwarten - dem Blicke erstarren, einst golden sie waren.   Verstolperte Freude zu unserem Leide ist alles vollbracht.    Erschließendes Waren**, verzögertes Werden...   Verhärmte Gesichter, die Blicke kaum lichter begegnen uns alt...   Die Bilder vertrüben, den Abschied wir üben verdrossen und kalt.  Erläuterung [Explanation]: * Rosengarten [Temeswar Rose Garden] ** das nominal gebrauchte Verbum SEIN [from the verb TO BE]

Temeswar May 2007   Acacias in bloom, but houses and roads forgot the flower.   The summer came early, the roses in the Garten* do not expect a smile – to our views stiffen, but once they were golden.   Stumbled joy to our deep sorrow it all is now done.    Developing has-been **, a postponed becoming…   Careworn faces, the gaze hardly lighter appear to us old…   The pictures get cloudy, we practice the parting sulky and cold.

Banater Bergland Banat, Mai 2007    Entlang verstümmelter Dörfer ergieren* sich Bäche an unermässlichem Abfallreichtum – als fatale Feiertagsleckerbissen für abgeschlanktes** Weidevieh.   Entzauberte Industriegiganten ernten den Spott dornröschenhafter k.u.k. - Fossilien.   Verwittwette Hoffnung für Allzeit.... Erläuterungen:   * von "gierig" ** von "schlank"

Montan Banat  Banat, May 2007    Along mutilated villages brooks greedily* emerge on immeasurable wealth of waste as fatal holiday delicacies for slimming-down ** grazing cattle.   Disenchanted industrial giants deserving the mockery as sleeping-beauty k.u.k. *** fossils.   Widowed hope for eternity….   Explanations:   * from „greedy “ ** from „slim “     *** k.u.k = [of the] Austro-Hungarian [Empire]

Published at www.dvhh.org, 23 May 2007 by Jody McKim Pharr

Sources:  Hans Dama, Nick Tullius

Hans Dama Postcards - Two postcards that the Romanians created for Hans Dama. Unfortunately, they misspelled the German name of his native village; it should be Großsanktnikolaus!  -Nick Tullius, 22 Sep 2012

Initially published at www.dvhh.org, 23 May 2007 by Jody McKim Pharr

Sources: Nick Tullius