Foreword |
6 |
Geography of
Our Homeland Community of Beschka |
11 |
The
Prehistory of the Region Around Beschka |
14 |
The
So-called Settlement Patent |
16 |
The
Recruitment of Colonists in Germany |
18 |
Furnishings
of the Families Settlement
Patent |
19 |
The
Encouragements for the Community on the Strength of the Settlement Patent |
19 |
The Kameral Settlement
Construction Office |
20 |
Cost of Building a Settlers House |
21 |
Josef's settlements in the Batschka and Syrmia |
22 |
Rev.
Weber, a Forerunner
for the Protestant Daughter
Communities in Croatia |
24 |
The History of Beschka, Before the German Settlers Came & The Immigrant list of the First Germans in Beschka |
25 |
Beschka and Krtschedin Form an Evangelical Parent Community |
29 |
From the Monograph of the Batsch-Syrmian Seniorats of Bierbrunner |
31 |
Josef Pindor About Beschka, Essegg, 1902 - The Evangelical Church
Croatians,
Slovenians in Past and Present - Excerpts
Reviewed
by Peter Lang |
33 |
The Evangelical Church & School in Beschka After 1900 |
36 |
Teacher and Pastor in Beschka (also under schools) |
38 |
The Course of Life of Reverend Karl Peter |
40 |
The Reformed Church Community of Beschka |
41 |
An Expense Account of the Reformed |
43 |
The History of the Whitsun Community |
48 |
The
Nazarenes |
51 |
The Catholics in Beschka |
52 |
The
Serbian-Pravoslavic Church in Beschka from 1860-1968 |
53 |
The Schools |
54 |
The Course of Life of the Author of This Book |
56 |
Teacher
Friedrich Kühbauch &
The German Public School |
56 |
The School Rooms |
58 |
The
Business and Trade School ~Furnishing the School with Teaching
Agents |
59 |
The
Local School Council ~The Continuing Education Schools ~The Grammar School ~ The Trade Academy |
62 |
The Teachers' Education |
64 |
The Administration |
65 |
The Military Boundary |
65 |
The Community Administration |
68 |
The Associations / Clubs |
69 |
The Firemen's Association |
70 |
The Undertakers' Association |
71 |
The Reading Club |
72 |
The Serbian-German Cultural
Association |
72 |
The Cooperatives:
The Social Insurance & The Living Conditions |
74 |
Care of accommodations |
76 |
Health Matters |
76 |
Care
of Accommodations |
79 |
Care of Bodies |
79 |
Traffic Matters |
80 |
All Kinds of Things |
83 |
The Economy |
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Agriculture From 1784 of Mother Communities in the Batschka |
88 |
The Farming Economy in Beschka in 1860 |
88 |
The Wine Growing (vineyards) |
92 |
Fruit and Arable Crops |
92 |
Livestock Keeping |
94 |
The Day Worker |
96 |
The Crafts |
97 |
Industry |
98 |
Currencies from 1784 to 1945 |
99 |
Measurements ~ Weight standards |
102 |
The Prices up to 1820 |
103 |
The Social Product in the Year 1798 |
104 |
Tax Burden in the Year 1798 |
105 |
Possibilities & Difficulties for the Free Choice of Career - From the time of Emperor Josef II until the people fled |
106 |
Living Together with Other Nationalities in Beschka |
108 |
Living Together with the Different Denominations |
109 |
Traditions and Customs - Yearly Conditional Customs |
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Traditions and Customs Independent of the Time of Year |
111 |
At Funerals |
112 |
At Weddings |
112 |
The Cultural Life |
114 |
Poems by Andreas Thuro, Sr. |
119 |
The Dialect |
120 |
Foreign Words |
124 |
A Sample in our Dialect |
128 |
War and Uncertain Times |
131 |
World War II |
133 |
The Flight by Andreas Thuro, Sr |
136 |
Escape (poem) by Andreas Thuro, Sr |
139 |
How Has Beschka Developed Itself After the War |
140 |
The Integration in the New Homeland |
140 |
The Extermination Camp |
143 |
List of the War Victims of the Beschka People in World War II |
145 |
The Frequently Named Village Names in Yugoslavia |
150 |
The Register of Births, Deaths, and Marriages |
151 |
Differences |
153 |
Instructions For Using the Register |
154 |
Register of Births, Deaths, and Marriages |
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List for the Completion of the Register |
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Illustrated Table |
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Illustrations |
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Map of Village of Beschka |
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