Living together with the Serbs in the first colonial period (about from 1860 to 1890) was accompanied with mistrust.  Many times it may have been through language difficulties and the other customs of the Serbs impeded them.  The Germans went out of their way as much as possible often only to avoid feared collisions.  Around 1890 my father was on a visit in Krtschedin, and there came a Serbian wedding procession towards him and his brother-in-laws.  The Serbs led in Kaleschen?, and my father, already somewhat tipsy, placed himself, to the horror of the relatives, in the middle of the street towards them.  The brother-in-laws were not very amazed when they saw how my father was understood by the Serbs. (As someone born in Zsablya he mastered the Serbian language completely.)  The Serbs took my father into the wedding house and entertained him like all the other guests.  So he was a messenger to a small degree between the Serbs and the Germans.  Later these same brother-in-laws of my father entered into a brotherhood with the Serbs. (Christian Wack (Reg, No. 2113) with the father of Mesterovic (Reg. No. 1223A).)  They called themselves “Mein Bruder” (my brother) and “Moj brate.”

   So how it was in Krtschedin, it was also in Beschka.  The best proof of the later harmony is the fact that the political community presented the Evangelical and Reformed churches with fields from community property.

   The relationship between the Serbs and the Germans was strained in World Wars I and II, but the friendly connections remained individually until the people fled and were kept up after that.

   The Germans were always well received by the Hungarians, even during the rebellion year of 1848 and in both World Wars.  The Hungarians of Beschka also took part in the homeland guard during the last World War.  The Germans of Beschka had business connections with the Slovakians in Altpasua.  The conversational language was Serbian. 

   The Germans came into contact with all people of the Danube monarchy with military service (Austro-Hungarians, Bohemian-Moravians, Bosnians, and Hercegovinians) and after 1918 also with the Serbians and...