Donauschwaben

 
 

The Donauschwaben

THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO OUR DONAUSCHWABEN ANCESTORS

by Alex Leeb

Monument In Honour of Our Deceased Ancestors

 

Photographs of days-gone-by - The Donauschwaben
 

RC Church in     Albrechtsflor

 Our daily bread

Hauling hay in  Sadarlach

 Lowrin house of Kaspar Muth

 

...checking if ready

 Making Schnapps

Mercydorf-house of poet Josef Gabriel

Temeswar Tram


Village of Reschitz

Weidenthal

Young Schwaben couple

Young Schwaben girls

 

Finger licking good

Schwaben women working with hemp

Oma & Opa

"We thank you for this day"

 

AA Schwaben Bauer

Relaxing on a Sunday afternoon

Gypsy living accommodation

Cemetery Bell

 

Schwaben in Russia 1945-1950

Schwaben ladies in Russia

 In Russia 1945-1950

Boy of 17, in Russia

 

Just finished shift in the coal mine,

Last farewell

 Schwben women in Russia 1945-1950

Coalmine workers in Russia

 

Two young girls from Arad

Schwaben Mess Hall

After a shift in the coalmine

At her husband's grave

 

No, this is not an Opera performance. It is a reaction of one of thousands of children, after their mothers were taken away from them and forced to work in coalmines in Russia. In this case, the mother was 23, years old and the child three years old. In January of 1945, the streets were filled with Donauschwäbischen tears. The cries of children and mothers were heard all through  Europe...".MAMA-Mama, don't leave me, Mama, where are you going? Mama, ...Mama..."  "Sei brav mei Kind, sei brav. Ich han dich gere mei Kind." (Be good my child, be good, I love you, my child.)

 

Donauschwaben fleeing back to their roots 1944

Schwaben ladies working with hemp

Threshing time in Banat

 

Schwaben women working on the field

Working with tobacco

Donauschwaben spinning club

 

This page is a web presentation reproducing Alex Leeb's www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~romban web pages.
Alex Leeb grants DVHH.org exclusive permission to reproduce his collection of files and images. 
©2003-2014 Donauschwaben Villages Helping Hands, a Nonprofit Corporation
Keeping the Danube Swabian legacy alive

 

[Published at DVHH.org Jody McKim Pharr, 26 Apr 2014]