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Anton Gasser

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Gasser

first name:

Anton

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1919-05-22

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OsttirolerIn

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biography

In Anton Gasser's baptismal certificate is true that he on 22 May 1919 in Bad Gastein was born, and that is in Salzburg, but he is Tiroler with heart and throat. The father is from Nußdorf in Debanttal at Lienz. In the summer he is working "over there" as a shepherd, in winter in the former gold mine, where today stands Sportgastein. The mother comes from Bad Gastein, it is milkmaid, so have the parents to know. It went like three or four years, and in between then the Anton appeared. His mother would have liked to stay in their homes. The parents would even buy a home place with seven, eight head of cattle in Dorfgastein, because they have well deserved. But just at that time they also met the radical devaluation of 1923. The family has to start from scratch again in the 30s in East Tyrol, in the flood area of Bach's waiting in Gaimberg at Nussdorf. 1926, Anton was seven years old, advertises her father up as a shepherd on the Gaimberg pasture all summer to look for sheep. Since it is "either - or". In the morning he goes to the cattle on 2300 meters above. A shirt he has on and shorts. If it breaks in a storm, there is no protection against the cold, no shelter. Then "just as wet as any other creature," he can not walk away from the cattle, when danger threatens. "It takes the cattle at your own risk. ... The skiing would be hit the boy in the head, Schier buy him the father after all no. The mother protested, finally, it comes from Bad astein where you drive long been skiing. Toni he would vouchsafe the well when he is older, he has not time for it anyway. This looks a father. But how had to be procured Schier? Go so father and son in to hack a nice, smooth ash and so on to Lienz Wagner. Deeply disappointed member of the Toni, from the green wood of Wagner could not do anything. This must be cut apart and the first decent dry. The next winter but Toni has its boards, about two meters long, heavy ash ski tower over the not very tall Toni. Long is not the joy. Toni exercises diligently, overestimated his fate remains a ski stuck in a snow cornice - is from the good piece. Another winter lost! Now his cousin in Hofgastein has learned at a ski manufacturers. Toni receives Schier. Glued is driven so that "like a god." Risks, which has gone so sure the ski runs. Since he is able to curve, without looking, that he holds up. Soon, achy, "but a beautiful thing." Pretty difficult, and even the pastoral life, Anton is proud of it. A good pastor must know the cattle after a week. Today it is a bit easier because they all have marks inside. Now if a cow is sick can call the shepherd and the farmer comes with his tractor and pick up the animal. And that was not everything. And if one has crashed - at Gaimberg few - but in the Nachbaralm are rocks. Then they cut out the best in the Lienz Hütte sold cheap. The other buried, along with all the waste. Money to the shepherds have previously earned little. But for every full-grown beef farmers have a kilo of flour and a loaf of bread supply, about the same for five sheep and horses twice, "because they eat so twice as much." In any case, enough to get that one over the winter even a little. Not all supply immediately because they must collect himself and peddling, "Yes, I would get maybe .." On the way it's gone. In war, Anton has traveled far, like so many of those engaged Jahrgänge.Im November 1939, he fought in April 1939 at the Western Wall and all too close to the Maginot Line. It weighs no more than about 60 pounds. At the Western Wall in the bunkers out there of course there are fish, and some do not like fish they leave Anton. At that time he has weighed the most. But afterwards, when herding he is soon back down to 56-57 pounds. Through walking, "of course there's nothing stuck." But he almost had the war not come home. When the Russians to win back in the late summer of 1941, Smolensk and almost completely destroyed, including the infantry soldier is seriously wounded Gasser. The sergeant major has divided a long list of serious injuries, the new wounded are in order. No place in an ambulance, the ambulance cars are packed. Guerrillas have blown up the tracks. On the fourth day only direction it goes to the hospital in Pirna, Saxony on the Elbe. And there he remains until May. Meanwhile, the father has applied for the military registration office at the end of May, Anton then moved to the hospital to Lienz. He experienced the Cossacks Drama at the Drava River, from 1945 to 1954 starts again and the pastoral life on the Mountain Gaimberg Gemeindealm. After the military Anton Gasser has just married so early. As of 30 "Is easily have been early enough." On the pasture they meet, the Anton and Anna from the "Franz-Hof", born in December 1925 in Obergaimberg, her father is shooting tenant. First "'s has not yet gezündelt" but later sooner or later. Married in 1949, faster than scheduled. The couple takes a long way to: walk from Gaimberg down to Lienz train station, along with the witnesses with the railcar by 5 clock early to Innsbruck, through Innsbruck to Hall and walk to Absamin the pilgrimage church of St. Michael. In Innsbruck wants Anna, the huge circular painting of the panorama of the Bergisel battle in 1809 to see, and of course they want to go to the Bergisel. The serious side of life comes soon enough, barely time to catch and the crowd of children is growing. At the end of nine children to be fed. The fact that Anna and Anton Gasser in the commemorative year 1809-2009 to celebrate their diamond wedding says she particularly. Anju

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