Roger P. Numbering members, the branch in Forst was by far the largest of the four in the Spreewald District. The city is situated on the west bank of the Neisse River but in included homes on the east side of the river in what is now Poland.
We were on the second floor, and we had it fixed up as a meeting place. There was a little stage and some classrooms. When you came in, there was a cloakroom with a tiny little iron stove that would keep it warm. There was a sign out front, at the right of the portal where we drove through to the Hinterhaus. We were in the third floor [classrooms]. We could play ping-pong up there too. We had a cloakroom that was used as a classroom. The main room had a stage, and another classroom was behind that.
Attendance may have been sixty or seventy. That location was used by the branch during the entire war. Sunday School was held at a. McKay, to discuss the new genealogy plan, which was presented at that time. Morale among the citizenry in Germany in was predominately positive but not for those few Jews who had not yet left the country. We have never done any harm to anyone? The building in which the Forst Branch met during the war as it now appears H.
He enjoyed the road trips, the camping, and the singing. At sixteen, he began an apprenticeship as a carpenter and was able to complete it, despite interruptions caused by the war. His brother, Horst born , did not have time for the organization because he was busy delivering newspapers during the last years of the war. She explained her reluctance to participate and described a strategy she developed to avoid attending the meetings:. I hated it. Once a leader found me at the store, took me home, and then escorted me to the meeting.
If you lived on the fourth floor, you could watch the street from the window and see [other girls] coming [to] hide in the attic. Traditionally, a Christmas program was held and involved all of the children. The story of Christmas was told, songs were sung, and poems were recited.
