NEW DONAUSCHWABEN BOOK
By: Hans Kopp
To order this Book:
"The last Generation forgotten and left to Die" the memoirs of a 10 year old child and A history of the Donauschwaben.
The price $60.00 which includes mailing.
A check can be mailed to his address ..... Hans Kopp, 13920 Mohawk Trail, Middleburg Heights, Ohio 44130
One other book that was transliterated by Hans (from Oskar Feldenzer's translated book "Ein Volk and der Donau" into German ) in English "A people on the Danube" by Stefanovic in Serbian, it is available through Hans also for $25.00 (only a few copies are left at his house) or through the University of St. Mary in North Dakota.
Index
"The Last Generation forgotten and left to die"
Chapter 1 Page 3
The last years in Batschsentiwan
Memoirs from our daily life Page 3
The wagon trains Page 8
The Russians are coming Page 9
Chapter 2 Page 13
The expulsion
The deportation of our parents to Russian slave labor camps Page 13
The slave laborer camps in Yugoslavia Page 14
The expulsion from our home Page 15
The trail of suffering begins Page 16
Chapter 3 Page 20
Ethnic cleansing, crimes against innocent people
Our arrival in the death camp Gakowa Page 20
Our daily life in Gakowa Page 22
The fight for survival Page 25
The death of my grandmother Page 30
The horrible winter of 1945/46 Page 32
Crimes against humanity Page 34
The boys from Filipowa Page 36
A heartbreaking separation Page 37
Remembering our children Page 38
Chapter 4 Page 42
The heroic deeds of our men and women
My father remembers Russia Page 42
My father's arrival in Gakowa Page 44
The heroics of my father and his friends Page 45
Escape from the firing squad Page 47
Chapter 5 Page 49
The escape to freedom
Our escape to Hungary Page 49
Our life in Hungary Page 50
On our way to Austria Page 52
My mother remembers Russia Page 53
From Austria to the United States Page 58
A shocking balance Page 60
These chapters are followed by a picture series and the German section pages 61-166 with same content in the German language.
Index
The History of the Danube Swabians.
Chapter 1 Page 169
The settlement of the Germans in Hungary
Who are the Danube Swabians Page 169
A pre-history of the land and its people Page 169
The settlements Page 179
The geographic regions of the Danube Swabians Page 182
The economic Background Page 183
Chapter 2 Page 184
The settlement of the Germans in Hungary
Their towns and homes Page 184
Their clothing and fashion Page 185
The wedding celebration Page 186
Their faith and the Christian Holidays Page 187
Chapter 3 Page 190
The last generation of the Danube Swabians
The post war years of World War I Page 187
World War II Page 193
The aftermath of World War II Page 195
Salzburg, Austria a harbor for refugees Page 199
Chapter 4 Page 202
The immigration to the United States of America
Prior to World War I Page 202
The critical times between the wars I Page 203
The aftermath of World War II Page 204
In conclusion a tribute to the Donauschwaben in North America Page 205
Epilog Page 208
Followed by a picture series pages 211- 348 of the history of the Danube Swabians in word and pictures with 48 pages of color pictures from around the world and important maps of the land of the Danube Swabian and the German section pages 349-394 with same content but in the German language.
The picture collection in this book of more than 1,400 pictures, depict our lives we know prior to World War II and the lives of the survivors and their descendants after World War II.