Internment at the Lendl/Lengyel Camp The source of the information in this article is from a lecture delivered by Josef Wirth at the International Historical Conference held in Budapest, March 5-6, 1987. The presenter was a seven year old participant in the events he describes. When the internment of Swabian civilians in Tolna…
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The Lost Danube Swabian Children of Yugoslavia
The Lost Danube Swabian Children of Yugoslavia The following is a summary and my translation of portions of Janitscharen? by Karl Springenschmid published in Vienna in 1978 that deals with the unknown fate of thousands of Danube Swabian children during Tito’s “Final Solution” of Yugoslavia’s Danube Swabian problem. This brief study deals with…
Jarek in the Batschka
Jarek in the Batschka The information that appears in this article finds its source in several publications but primarily the Heimatbuch that was published by the Village Association of Jarek. The picturesque Danube Swabian village of Jarek was located 15 kilometres from Novi Sad in present day Serbia. In 1937 there were a…
Franzfeld in the Banat
Franzfeld in the Banat The source of the information in this article is “Franzfeld 1792-1945 Geschichte einer donauschwäbischen Grossgemeinde im Banat” published in Reutlingen in 1982 by the Franzfelder Kulturelle Interesssengemeinschaft e.V. Franzfeld’s origins as a Danube Swabian community begins with the arrival of settlers from Baden, Württemberg, Alsace-Lorraine and Switzerland on June…
Betschmen in Srem
Betschmen in Srem (1784-1984) The following is a summary and partial translation of the village Heimatbuch published in 1984. The Military Frontier District was a defensive system the Habsburgs established to hold back any future attacks or invasions by the Turks after the liberation of Hungary. The first settlement in this territory took…
The Evacuation of the Children of Alt-Futok
The Evacuation of the Children of Alt-Futok The following is the translation of an article of the same title in German that appeared in the Donautal magazine. Atl-Futok was a community in the Batschka. Romania’s capitulation on August 23, 1944 finally awakened the Swabian community leaders in the Batschka to the danger approaching…
Siwatz in the Batschka
Siwatz in the Batschka The following article is a condensed version and translation of various portions of “Siwatz 1786-1944” published by Pannonia Verlag, Freilassing, 1963 on behalf of their Village Association. Siwatz, which was also known as Neusiwatz, was established in 1786 in the Batschka as part of the settlement programme of Joseph…
Kucura in the Batschka
Kucura in the Batschka 1803-1944 The panic stricken German population of Kucura joined the wagon treks fleeing from the Batschka on October 8, 1944. This included 164 males and 315 females. A total of 497 persons. There were five men who had remained behind in Kucura who were later deported to the Soviet Union…
Bonyhádvarasd in Tolna County
Bonyhádvarasd in Tolna County This article provides a summary of some of the information provided in Heimatbuch von Bonyhád/Warasch published in Budapest in 1995. As the Habsburg rulers responded to the need to resettle, cultivate and develop the wastelands of Hungary after the defeat and withdrawal of the Turks from the scene after…
Mágocs a Market Town in Baranya County
Mágocs a Market Town in Baranya County The following information finds its source in “Mágocs Markt-Gemeinde in der Branau/Baranya” by Franz Teufel published in Gӧppingen in the winter of 1991/92 and portions of it are my translation of the text. During the 13th Century the monastery of Mágocs was established with St. Peter…