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Baragan years 1951-1956
Photo Collection
Images taken by Baragan
deportees
The following images are all taken from the
book 'Deportiert in den Baragan 1951 - 1956'
© copyright 1995,
produced by
Walther Konschitzky, Peter-Dietmar Leber and
Walter Wolf, published by Haus des Deutschen
Ostens in Munich in 2001 and re-published with their kind permission by Jody McKim Pharr,
14 Sep 2003.
Original captions translated by Diana
Lambing.
| All those people picked out for deportation meet at
Triebswetter railway station under military guard. The
photographer Hans Hehn took this picture whilst hiding in the
attic of his house. It is one of those rare photos which
captures the actual moment of the deportation. Photo taken by: Hans Hehn Contributed by:
Elisabeth Hehn | |
| A straw-covered hut - the first emergency accommodation in
the Baragan. Photo taken by: Ludwig
Schwarz Contributed
by: Helga Leib | |
Children of the Wiewe family from Triebswetter in front of
the hut in Rachitoasa (Giurgienii Noi) in which they were born. Contributed
by
Hans Wiewe | |
Katharina Dohr from Alexanderhausen in front of her hut in
Fundata (Perietii Noi) in which she spent her first winter in
the Baragan. Contributed
by
Katharina Schweitzer | |
Karl Schweitzer making
bricks in Viisoara (Marculesti
Noi), with completed clay bricks
in the background.
Contributed by Karl Schweitzer | |
Manufacturing
clay bricks in Latesti (Bordusanii Noi). Photo taken by
Ludwig Schwarz Contributed by
Helga Leib | |
Deportees from
Dolatz building a roof truss. Photo taken by
Ludwig Schwarz Contributed by
Helga Leib | |
Deportee
apprentices at a technical college in Fetesti. Contributed by
Franz Bader | |
Winter in
Dropia (Dragalina Noua). Contributed by
Johann Rothen | |
The snow lay
higher than the deportees' houses during
the winter of 1951-52.
Contributed by
Bruno Christmann | |
Young Swabian
women from the Banat on the
Bucu State farm near Viisoara (Marculestii Noi). Contributed by
Anna Dewald | |
Deportees from
several Banat villages on the
Bucu State farm near Viisoara (Marculestii Noi). Contributed by
Anna Dewald | |
Families from
Tschanad in Zagna (Vadenii Noi) at the
pig slaughter shortly before Christmas 1954.
Contributed by
Barbara Richter | |
Unaccustomed
work for the Banaters on the cotton plantations. Contributed by
Dr. Smaranda Vultur
Foundation of 'Das dritte Europa' (The Third Europe), Temeswar. | |
Soaking the
ripe cotton seed capsules, from which the
thread is taken. The name of the deportee settlement,
Bumbacari, goes back to the cotton plantations. Contributed by
Marianne Krohn | |
First Holy
Communion out in the open air on 25th September 1955 in Fundata
(Perietii Noi). In the background is Father Zoltan Buding and
Deacon Laszlo Turi. Contributed by
Bruno Christmann | |
The school in Viisoara (Marculestii Noi). On the wall are
portraits of members of the Communist Party leaders in Romania,
amongst them several ministers who, on 15th March 1951, signed
the decision for the deportation of Romanian citizens in the
country. Contributed by
Dr. Smaranda Vultur
Foundation of 'Das
dritte Europa'
(The Third Europe), Temeswar. | |
The wedding of
Karl Filip and Maria Buschbacher
from Nero in Zagna (Vadenii
Noi). Contributed by
Herbert Filip | |
Herbert Filip was baptized on 11th December 1955 in
the Catholic church in Braila.
Contributed by
Herbert Filip | |
The wife and children of the author Ludwig Schwarz with
their Christmas tree in Latesti (Bordusanii Noi).
Contributed by
Helga Leib | |
The procession of the Three Kings on 6th January 1956 in Fundata
(Perietii Noi). Contributed by Bruno Christmann | |
Ribbon dance by the
German dance troupe in Olaru (Rosetii
Noi).
In the foreground are teachers Olga Junker and Elfriede
Willar. Contributed by
N. Neidenbach,
from Wilhelm Weber's
'Und über uns der blaue endlose Himmel' | |
A Kirchweih couple with a decorated bunch of rosemary,
and
musicians in 1953 in Brates (Frumusita Noua). From Wilhelm
Weber's
'Und über uns der blaue endlose Himmel' | |
The first grave in Salcami (Jegalia Noua) cemetery. Magdalena Hügel died here on 11th September 1951. Photo taken in
1958 Contributed by
Otto Krachtus | |
The cemetery in Valea Viilor (Fetesti Noi).
Contributed by
Anna and Stefan Frank | |
Free at last! In front of a goods wagon at Perieti station,
ready for the journey home.
Contributed by Bruno Christmann | |
The last remaining house in Fundata built of tamped earth
and covered in thatch during the time of the deportation, and
which is still inhabited today (2001). | |
As a young girl, Hedwig Gilde used to run after these prickly
balls of thistles which the wind would blow across the fields
during autumn. This once much sought-after source of heating
material is only found seldom these days. | |
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