However the vigor of youth, helped over all obstacles and I did not lose my humor and the hope for better times. Featured Image: Elmina Castle, Elmina, Ghana ( Demerzel21 | Dreamstime.com), "Elmina Castle, Trading Outpost and "slave Factory"" PBS. The initial hill fort of the Teutonic Knights (erected 1343) was replaced by a castle built in 1604-1610 by a noble Hungarian descent Janusz Eperjesz. He passed two years ago and I am trying to read the angular script diaries of my family. We accomplished this work alternating. Your email address will not be published. Panemunė Castle is a castle on the right bank of the Nemunas river, in Vytėnai, Jurbarkas district, Lithuania. We had to rise with the sun and started work at 6 a.m. and work late, sometimes till dark. He eventually married Pattie, and managed to stay friends with George. An interesting starting point for my investigation of my father’s heritage, in Memel. They were force to flee from the Russians at gun point in 1944/45. Thanks. They were written at the end of the Soviet occupation of Lithuania. There are indeed some pre-WW2 Lutheran cemeteries (with both German and Lutheran Lithuanian burials) remaining in the region, although Soviets destroyed many others and those that remain tend to be neglected. The motte is about 42 metres (138 ft) in diameter and encircled on three sides by a ditch, outside which lie two … I Lived and worked in Klaipeda from 1999-2005. This culminated in 1939 March when Germany annexed the region after an ultimatum, very similar to the one presented to Czechoslovakia for Sudetenland. New York is quite a city. Yet its grandeur, as well as its picturesque surroundings with blue skies, sandy beaches, and tropical palms, disguise a dark history – Elmina Castle was the last place that thousands of African slaves would ever see of their homeland. ), Gibisch – Gibišas. The tower is open to public as an observation tower of Nemunas valley. It had 103 inhabittants in 1910. Does anyone have any record of them? Boris did speak with a German accent, but he insisted on English only. Besides I was a dreamer and had a poetical vein and did not try like our American boys to take hold of something practical. The people who would have claimed to consider themselves Klaipėdians/Memellanders rather than either Germans or Lithuanians were a minority even then, as the 1925 census shown (~a quarter of the region’s population). The old German-Lithuanian atmosphere of the area was obliterated, and Klaipėda became a city very similar to any other city with Lithuania. Eminem explained the story behind the song In a December 15, 2017 radio interview on his SiriusXM Shade45 channel. So it may be partly overgrown / derelict. Apparently his father died and he didn’t get along with his step father so I’m unsure if his name was indeed Weinberg or if he was adopted. However, there was only one unique episode when some Klaipėda inhabitants made calls for independence (not really a struggle or war for independence); it took place in the interwar period. Diana is a tourism consultant, tour guide, travel writer and amateur photographer. I was made assistant to the ship’s doctor, as I did not become seasick and had all hands full to do. But this is difficult and costly. The castle stands in a park on a high hill and is surrounded by five cascading ponds. One of the top medieval attractions from Transylvania, Corvin Castle from Hunedoara is for good reason listed by all travel guides as a must-see of the region. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Memel is the German name for Nemunas river and the early settlers mistakenly believed that the straits linking Curonian lagoon to Baltic Sea are in fact the mouths of that mighty river. Thanks. wonderful summary. Do you know where the following places are located and/or have a good map for Roebsden & Breslav. My brother Arthur, a young man of 18, had died in the meantime and mother was left alone to take care of the large circle of children. It was the 4th of October in the year 1854. There’s a Lithuanian Franciscan monastery in Kennebunkport. His name was Robert William Weinberg. Lol. More tours on www.uncover-romania-tours.com. Miguel wrote "Adorn" about his girlfriend, model and artist Nazanin Mandi when he was returning home from a long trip and was anxious to see her. On the left a Soviet propaganda poster declares: Our work is for thee, oh Fatherland. The closest attractions include the medieval fortress from Deva, Densus Church and Retezat National Park as well as the Dinosaurs Geopark from Hateg. Do you know of any help that may be available? The 30 or so surviving castles and forts found along Ghana’s coast bear witness to the largest forced migration in history and also to the atrocities humanity is capable of committing. Even the Holocaust had its Jewish Nazi-collaborators! PART I, Varna Man and the Wealthiest Grave of the 5th Millennium BC, Who Really Built the Pyramids of Giza? Evidence of a “leap forward” in metallurgy has been discovered at a 6,500 years old site in Beersheba in the Negev Desert of southern Israel. However, even these requests for independence were often made more out of the convenience than an actual feeling of distinctiveness. We seek to retell the story of our beginnings. the paragraphs need to be reordered. You imply that Klaipėdians saw themselves as a separate nation (not Lithuanian and not German). to keep your work going? Guenther . My great graND mother was Gertrude von Kikits. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The autonomy was established but this did not solve every problem. He lived in harmony with his neighbors though he was German. Although it was originally erected to protect the gold trade, following its capture by the Dutch in 1637, Elmina Castle came to serve the Dutch slave trade with Brazil and the Caribbean. I had received a good foundation of knowledge in the Normal Real School, had studied besides my mother tongue, Latin, French and English and parted from school with the certificate of Prima, which is there the highest class. Many thanks A castle in ruins that has a real chance to recover its past glory, Banffy Castle from Bontida has recently become the scene of a major music festival. We had a garden, with flowers and fruit trees, where we passed in the lovely spring of Prussia over so many nice days and thought that this world was a paradise. I have good friends there (Lithuanian, Russian, Swedish and Byelorussian)…..3 years ago I found an old German cemetery to the north of Klaipeda. we’re very excited to finally see the sand dunes that we grew up listening to stories about. The Nephilim: Giant Offspring of the Sons of God and the Daughters of Man? My daughter went on a singing tour to Vilnius from Canada 2016 and brought the soap back to Lithuania. These are just five of the many castles of Transylvania you should see while exploring the ‘land beyond the forest’. i have actually since discovered many latvian, lithuanian, and german ancestors on her side. After the rise of Nazism in Germany made Germany powerful once again, such people who supported independent Memelland have generally switched back to the support of reunification with Germany and welcomed such reunification in 1939 after Hitler annexed the region. I guess I will look for telephone company records or the merchant marines. He left home (as did his brother) on board a vessel when he was about 16. Financially my position was not terrible and therefore I became a tutor in private families. Wish I could visit their birthplace. All those men, women and children could do was to flee from the raging element and sacrifice everything. i feel that you are not sure from the information. I have been trying to trace my heritage. Here you can find the memories of Juozas Urbšys, then the minister of foreign affairs: https://www.pavb.lt/sena/img/foto/Urbsys/Atsiminimai.pdf . Maybe you are more lucky in talking to people in the area, however, as many families may be post-WW2 settlers from elsewhere, the luck might not be immediate. The Gediminas Oak, under which according to a legend the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas had a lunch, is no longer putting out leaves. the same information is repeated 3 times and every time it sounds different. As to our well being, if must be said, that we did not suffer, however our meals were very scant and sometimes uneatable—some, which angered the captain, when we spoke it. Panemunė Castle in the 19th century depicted by Napoleon Orda, Litas commemorative coin dedicated to Panemunė Castle, The Association of Castles and Museums around the Baltic Sea, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Panemunė_Castle&oldid=953926139, Buildings and structures in Tauragė County, Articles with Lithuanian-language sources (lt), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 April 2020, at 19:38.

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