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Ruth Deutschmann

Benjamin Epp

Laurein

2008-05-08

Sylvia Manning- Baumgartner

1939

Then, in 1939, 1940, the option should have been completed. But in the fall, at first September is broken out of the Second World War, Hitler invaded Poland. The people who optants, non-Italian South Tyrol, were enthusiastic: "Now comes for us freedom, because of Hitler will not sell us to Italy!" But Hitler was dependent on the help of Italy, and he has given up for South Tyrol. Thus, the emigration was actually delayed by the war. First, after Poland was conquered said some: "Yes, the resettlement." "You come to Poland now, there you will resettled" And then came France, 1940, in May or June, I think, is well in June .. together .. "Yes, now you come to Alsace!" French will in turn distributed, and there is one .., the people were promised, "You get the same court, you can still take your furniture and your home appliances, everything." And the people have been very confused, the few who stay there, which have the canon Gamper particularly encouraged. The events of the war finally have the canon Gamper and his movement to be right. Then it was back option, the Italians have already said: "By applying for German citizenship you have given up even the Italian." So had to make their option optants reversed, so that they could again go back to Italy. On their farms, they had not even given up live, in turn could. So, that was a mess. There are already several books have been written about it.