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Agnes Harb

last name:
Harb
first name:
Agnes
born:
1914-12-31
affiliation:
NordtirolerIn
last change:
Wed Nov 04 13:58:24 UTC 2020
biography
Agnes Harb, born in 1914 in Aldrans in Innsbruck on a happy day "was born. New Year's Eve, the family sleeps on straw sacks, one takes to bed a hot brick to bed or cherry stones So the" good old days ".. There is no bathroom. is not with the health so far away. The work is hard, it was during threshing or when large laundry without a washing machine. Two days one is on the hot tub. The hands are cracked during flooding. is taken on the moon which is essential for the timing of certain work and the sun. you bleach the laundry, which is stacked on the lawn to dry. In elementary school she is a "little rebel", the witness is twice as Betragensnote a deuce. behavior, religion and hard work are the most important notes that should already have all have a central incisors -.. especially in a girl Agnes, "just a wind chime," is a living being all they are interested as 1925, the house burns down, is not fully satisfying "We have to save, save manage to keep it." Agnes grew up with four brothers of Toni, who is a priest from an inner conviction priest is assured, will be without much to Agnes Agnes would like to become a nurse, but... become, on its own, inner conviction: for it was said earlier the same for several children, one is to become a priest. "Since many priests have become who were not suitable. The church has since made big mistakes, "Agnes can only visit the school, it will remain until the wedding at home. The mother suffers from epilepsy, which lead only daughter, the economy. Then Agnes" halt married, therefore, considered carefully, not the dreamed-of marriage. Fate has not cooperated. Agnes was already an admirer. you still thinking of him often, it can hard to believe that he died suddenly of a heart attack. The annexation of Austria by Germany is already been implemented, now is no longer the church marriage certificate from the state. The bride and groom have for the ancestors of the parents far back do research and provide the Aryan detection combined. With a little book, the papers and confirmed as pure Aryan and used, you will feel afterwards no different or better. The radio transmitting station in Aldrans, two 150-meter-high transmission towers, is now guarded the kingdom broadcast by the German postal protection day and night. The postal workers, mostly from Bavaria, four each man to be approximately replaced every three weeks. Because Agnes likes to cook, and two rooms are available, agreement is reached soon for room and board. save Finally, everybody. time of war. Two of Agnes four brothers fall in the war. air raids, more terrible still on 20 April, in the last year of the war on Hitler's birthday. Agnes understood well with the mother, at her insistence she grabs the two small children in a little cart and running to the shelter of the church. the way they experienced the attack of a low-flying aircraft. After the collapse of the Italian front to escape hordes of soldiers on foot. German, many Bayern seek nearest way back to their homes. A surreptitious route runs over the Achensee. Everyone needs to look like he comes home. And all the hungry, the returnees as well as those who remained at home. Agnes makes burning soup, are served with bread and a little milk. How that is, go ask the women a Salzburger, and what is for there still to come. He says they needed to have no fear because came from the Italian front, the Americans. And they are so seen, had been the best. You Food and containing a certain culture, unlike the Russians. But Agnes and the mother are restless. On the radio and in the community by giving the decree, no one should be on the road. The final withdrawal, at night marches by the military. From and heard a shot. Agnes and the mother sitting in the house and pray that everything will pass well. "Lord, help, help, stand by us aside," and then, at eleven clock at night they heard something behind the house. Since crawls outside behind the house a young boy on the ground, his face covered in blood, the last contingent to some extent, as 15 -., 16-year-old called up for labor service. "save that the more the Fatherland can" Agnes has some bandages, the she brought home a man during a furlough from the Army. As well as it goes, it combines the badly injured boys. ambulances there is no one on a horse and cart, the boy transported to hospital, along with two colleagues. All three were in Saalfelden, Salzburg, would have in a labor camp. When they heard of the collapse, they wanted nothing more than home. Ignoring prohibitions, they drove off with a truck and were in Tirol fired by the Americans. One died later, Agnes' protege survived. Agnes Harb yet ... a lot to tell one from the trip to America, One daughter lives in America Agnes Harb 62 years old took three days to travel. with the express train to Munich, the former Munich-Riem airport to London, to the USA is it only in the afternoon the next day, the machine is full -. and Agnes is the only Austrian She speaks no English, for the most essential questions she bought a little book The landing caused her problems as it is to do that, the change to the... ? domestic machine Agnes goes through the plane and asks. "please, someone is talking Germany" A man raises his hand, he is the Swedish Minister of Los Angeles Agnes tells him about their suffering well keep it lands in the "land of opportunity" for them. daughter. Agnes is surprised at the progress. In Los Angeles, she watched from the observation tower of the international airport, the landing of a big machine from Japan. "400 people, a whole village," and she is concerned about the black, stinking, the back of an airplane ejects. This gives it from a bad air! Agnes sees everything, is amazed by the smoking carriages and disabled toilets. "In the 76th year!" In Salt Lake City on the main street, she gets an organic restaurant, next to the shop: organic vegetables, all "organic". The daughter tells the mother to look around the shop, so they also believe. She visits the temple of the Mormons, "who have since had the pretty little left." Anju