8 Oct 2024
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY
This is the wedding registration book of my parents during Hitler's time. It is written in Gothic which
was the official writing. After the end of WWII,
Gothic writing was banned because the occupants could not read it. I
never learned this writing either and can't read or guess a bit, what my mother used to
write in albums!
There were 10 pages foreseen for future children !! Here is only my birth certificate
I think with this page you had to confirm that your parents were not Jews
And fill in all these pages with the names of your grandparents until the 4th generation, still to prove that you are clean and don't have Jewish blood in your veins ! The following pages were printed with a text how a good housewife and spouse has to behave ! Unfortunately I couldn't read all, or maybe fortunately !
The last chapter of a young adventurous woman, hidden in an old grandma's body, living in a castle, a senior residence, where she leads an amusing and interesting life with her cat.
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Fortunately, I think that you could not read it. You could have it translated, but no matter, it is an interesting thing to have.
ReplyDeleteThat is such an interesting historical document. Hitler and his cronies were obsessed and evil.
ReplyDeleteOh this is such an amazing memory to own -- I had no idea about the Gothic writing that was banned because the occupiers couldn't read it. It is fascinating -- and frightening -- to learn about history from the view of a regular family who lived through it. You and I are about the same age and I have some memories from that time (my father fought in the War) but oh the difference that depends on where you lived. Thank you for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteAnother sad time in history which bears remembering so we don't repeat the horror.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2024/10/budding-artist.html