Picture Monday, February 23, 2009; Notgeld #10

The selection that I have for today is another set of notes from Erfurt. The first 2 notes are dated 28 October 1918. This is interesting to note, especially since World War I did not end until 11 November 1918. The armistice was not signed until 28 June 1919. The remaining 3 are dated 9 April 1920.

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Picture Monday, February 16, 2009; Notgeld #9

Greetings!

Here is another display of Notgeld. This selection of four notes seems rather bland and uninviting. That is until I translated the inscription. It appears to be a set of notes commemorating a fair of some sort.

The inscription reads "Zahlten Sie für diesen Erinnerungsschein anläßlich der Mitteldeutschen Notgeldausstellung u. Messe in Erfurt am 13-15 Mai 1922"

A rough translation is, "You paid certificate for these memories on the occasion of the central German need money display and fair in Erfurt at the 13-15 May 1922."

I said it was rough, perhaps very rough. If there is anyone out there that can provide a better translation I would appreciate it. You can use the "Contact Me" link in the sidebar or the "Comment" link at the end of the post.

These examples were made in Erfurt by Otto Richter Li. Co.. The artwork was by Robert Sandrock, Erfurt. I suppose he was an artist of the period.

Translation tools used were SDL/FreeTranslation.com.

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Notgeld #5

Well here we go again. Yes, more Notgeld. These individual specimens are some smaller denomination notes. They are all from the city of Erfurt (der Stadt Erfurt). The 10, 20, and 25 pfennig notes are all dated 9, April 1920.

The 50 pfennig note is dated 20, Oktober 1918. Less than a month before the end of the war to end all wars, World War I.

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Picture Monday, June 9, 2008

My great-grandmother, Elise Horst arrived in America on October 25, 1901 with my grandfather and his brothers Fritz, Otto, and Carl on the Hamburg-American Line Steamship Pennsylvania. Fritz was 9 years old and was born in America. Otto was 7 years old and Carl was 3 years old, both were born in Germany. My grandfather was born in Erfurt, Germany and was 4 years old at the time he came to America.

When My grandfather was old enough he went back to Germany with his wife to study the floral business. While in Germany his wife came back to America. Then came world War I. My grandfather could not come back and his wife divorced him. After the war he met and married my future grandmother. My great grandmother and many of the Horst's settled in the Birmingham, Alabama area where they were in the floral business. There is a road in Birmingham named Horst Hill Road. At one time there was a Fritz Horst Florist and Horst Wholesale Florists in Birmingham. I can't find them now. there is a Horst Wholesale Florists in Charleston, SC and in Savannah, GA. I don't know if they are the same or if they were affiliated with the business in Birmingham. Maybe someone can help me out with that.

The picture below is a picture of my grandmother, Gretel Weinecke Horst. I don't know who the children are. They are probably part of her family in Germany. My grandfather and grandmother arrived in America on November 27, 1923 on the Hamburg-American Line Steamship Thuringia at Ellis Island.

I'm not sure who these pictures are either. They were with the above picture so I am guessing they are other family in Germany.

This is a picture of me with my father a couple of months before he passed away. We were visiting the King Tut exhibit in New Orleans, LA at the time. In this picture we were standing in front of the Place d'Armes Hotel which is where we stayed while in town.

The picture below is a picture of another relative that was in Germany. This is Rudi. Obviously he was on the other side. This is interesting because my father's step-brother, my Uncle Dickie, was in the military (Army, Navy, Marines, I'm not sure which branch) and was stationed in the Pacific Theatre. So our family had was involved in WW II on both sides. Much of our family suffered greatly in Germany. And I know my father had a rough time in school here in the US. He told me stories about boys that would pick on him since he spoke German and spoke English with a German accent.

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