Destination: The Americas
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Indija to Brazil
Photo Collection
Contributed by Gerhard "Gary" Banzhaf, 2010
Also see: Indijaers' Destinations OverseasThe Beginning. Planning in the bush for the new settlement,
with Ing. Michael Moor and Paul Kraft of Indija. Both men returned later to Germany.
A new church in Socorro - just like US pioneer days in the western prairies.
Jakob (*1900) and Maria Kratz b. Goeringer with their Son Sepp.
(*1920) and his two Austrian born daughters Renate and Dagmar,
"Starting to build their house in Socorro"
Families Mueller and Protil in front of a finished house.
After the death of the first generation only Sepp Kratz carried on agriculturally.
Many settlers returned to Germany.
After the death of his father in 1987 Brazil-born Reinhard followed in the footsteps of his father.
The Picture shows Sepp in his wheat field in Socorro/Entre Rios, Brazil.
The well-kept cemetery in Socorro/Entre Rios, Brazil.
A few hundred people born in the town of Indija in former Yugoslavia found their eternal rest there.
Sepp Kratz, the pioneer, at his parents' grave; also his and his wife's final resting place.
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