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1 10 6 https://memory.ctevans.net/files/original/93ece2b3f4113c2e330440f858bccdef.pdf 54dc64e06417884b567291fad7571592 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Angela J. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Angela J. Great Depression https://memory.ctevans.net/files/original/1164005b5728a8d9a6ed47c67c2e881d.pdf 9225bbb772bf2c229a0519502e73cc7b Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cheryl W. Description An account of the resource Extended family originated in Germany and many relatives were involved in both world wars. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cheryl W. PDF Search This element set enables searching on PDF files. Text Text extracted from PDF files belonging to this item. Cheryl *      When I married my husband we created a mix of family histories to pass down to our  children.  One branch of my family tree comes from Germany following World War 1 and my  husband has a branch of his family that comes from Germany after participating in World War  2.  Although our families share a similar cultural heritage as Germans they had very different  experiences as German citizens.    My great‐grandmother lived in Wiesbaden, Germany until 1926.  Wiesbaden is situated  a little over 100 miles from the French border.  Her experience during World War 1 would have  been one of great hardship.  Although Wiesbaden did not receive any damage during the war,  all of Germany was unable to get supplies due to a naval blockade held by Britain for the  duration of the war.  German families were asked to give up materials that could be used in the  war effort.  My family was not of great means and would have been very hard hit by the  shortage of food and supplies.    After World War 1, my great‐grandmother married an allied soldier and returned with  him to the states.  They became farmers in Maryland and unfortunately for them they soon  were in the great depression that began in 1929 with the stock market crash.  They were able  to maintain their farm throughout those hard times and even became a family of modest  means.  My great‐grandparents were very hard working and I feel the struggles that my great‐ grandmother lived through helped to create her resilient nature and indomitable spirit.      My grandfather was raised with a sense of "American pride" as he called it.  They were  not allowed to speak German in their household because of concern for the opinions of others  and my great‐grandmother's desire to fit in with other American families.  My grandfather even  �enlisted to fight in World War 2, although he was denied for medical reasons.  So much of our  German heritage was taken from my family when my great‐grandmother left Germany with so  little of her belongings and then even more so when she attempted to assimilate into American  society.  She did not talk about Germany and said it brought back sad memories.  All that has  been left to us are pictures in old photo albums.    My husband's grandmother lived in Bayreuth, Germany until 1950. Bayreuth is located  on the eastern side of Germany near the Czech Republic.  Bayreuth was the capital of the Nazi  Gau of Bavarian Ostmark during the war.  Both my husband's grandfather and great‐uncle  fought as Nazi Soldiers.  His grandfather was an SS officer who was killed during a weapons  malfunction in his initial training and his great‐uncle was killed in Russia as a tank operator. The  hardship of being a widowed mother to a small child in the war and losing her only brother  must have been very hard on the family.   A few years later after re‐marrying the son of an  Ukrainian officer, who was in a relocation camp in Bayreuth, the family relocated to the United  States and became small business owners in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My husband's mother  joined them in 1958 after finishing her education in Europe and they had developed a very  successful and profitable business.    Their experience during World War 1 was very much the same as my great‐ grandmother.  During World War 2, however, the food supplies were not limited in the same  way and Germany began the war as a military powerhouse.  Germans, at that time,  were fed a  steady diet of Nazi propaganda that created a euphoria in favor of the war.  It seems like it was  a misplaced sense of German pride that embraced the hope for a new and better life for the  German people.       �  My husband's grandmother, until her death, did not believe that the version of facts  told by the Allies about World War 2 were true. Whether it was a sense of guilt or loyalty to her  German roots, she chose to believe the best of what she was told during her life in Germany.   My mother‐in‐law said she did not know many details about Nazi Germany until she left  because they were not spoken of in her history classes.  The history of my husband's family has  left him with a strong sense of German heritage.  America became a chance for their family to  make a new life when things became hard in Germany after the war.  Their family had lived  through bombings and Nazi propaganda and came out with a resilience and strength that  brought them through the hardship of two world wars.    I trust my children will be able to learn from our family history and the lessons that  history affords all of us.  I hope I can teach them how to avoid the mistakes of those who came  before us and create a world and history their children can be proud of.     � Great Depression World War I World War II https://memory.ctevans.net/files/original/19068d43efa48a394bb94b4c5bb93881.pdf f201f7a12bfd0e71798dd385280c2c8c Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louise J. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louise J. Great Depression https://memory.ctevans.net/files/original/32fd45222a167ed038e817b545d9d9b0.pdf f2f4d0f60142bd97a74ad3fd0b8b3c60 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Megan G. Description An account of the resource The family's roots are from Northern Virginia, which is rather rare considering how many millions of people who have moved here since the 1960s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Megan G. PDF Search This element set enables searching on PDF files. Text Text extracted from PDF files belonging to this item. Megan * During the time frame after World War II, my family was able to recover from the depression and war, and managed to create a prosperous foundation for our family to grow. While some of the family has moved across the United States, we have remained connected because of a strong family history. My maternal grandfather was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia. While his family was somewhat cushioned from the Great Depression, my maternal grandmother was not. She was born in West Virginia and was deeply affected by the Depression which caused a deep-set desire to save later in life. After the war, my grandmother moved to DC and worked as a secretary for the CIA. She met my grandfather who, after the war, worked for the city of Alexandria and the naval reserves. As the economy started improving, my grandparents were able to buy property in Arlington Virginia and build a house on it, which is where my grandfather resides still. When my grandparent started their family, my grandmother left her job with the CIA to become a nanny until 1961 when she left the workforce to raise her then 3 children, followed by a 4th. My grandfather, who was the first in his family to graduate from college retired from the city of Alexandria in his late 40’s and soon after became a tax preparer which he still is today. Because he made wise investments and bought stock in major companies, they were able to take many family trips to historical sights across the U.S., build a second vacation home at Lake Anna in Mineral, VA and he was also able to put all of his children through college. My grandparents’ children have scattered across the states, two still live in Northern Virginia, including my mom, one aunt lives in Washington State, and the other aunt lives in Colorado. All in all, my maternal grandparents prospered after World War II and for the most part, their children have followed in their footsteps, making wise financial decisions and enjoying the ability to provide for their own families in the same way and pursue their passions in life. My immediate family history has gone through harder times on occasion, but we have never suffered the inability of affording the necessities of life. �After World War II, on my paternal side, my grandfather worked for the US Mint while my grandmother stayed home with her 3 children in Arlington, VA. When my grandfather retired, they moved to Fredericksburg and lived on a farm. After my grandmother passed in 1985, my grandfather stayed in the area for a while, but then retired to Florida. Their three children including my father, all stayed fairly local to the Northern Virginia Area, my father lived in Arlington, my Aunt lived in Fairfax, which she still does, and my other aunt lived in Arlington for a while before moving to Greensboro, NC. Recent history, my paternal grandfather and grandmother are buried in King George County, VA, while my maternal grandmother is buried at Arlington National Cemetery where my grandfather will be placed. Both sides of my family try to gather as frequently as our calendars permit. We take large family vacations with my paternal side every year in October, and since we live so close in proximity with my maternal grandfather, we often get together for dinners and outings at Lake Anna. We don’t get to see my two aunts and their families who live in the west, but we stay in touch to the best of our abilities. Because my families were able to prosper after the war, it has had a direct affect on my life. Having two sets of grandparents that worked for the Government, both City and Federal helped to cushion my family from the negative effects of the Great Depression and World War II. Thanks to my grandparents being able to support my mom, she was able to raise me and my sister in a nice home and provide for us. Learning more about the struggles and triumphs my family went through has made me appreciate what I have and what I am able to do more. After World War II, times changed, the economy got better, families bloomed, and my family was no exception. Both sides of my family were able to thrive and create strong foundations for our families which has remained strong and will continue to grow as our families grow. � Alexandria Great Depression https://memory.ctevans.net/files/original/74ca7f5ad051f05ea62bbff5db89ca4c.pdf d8a22549b3c93513fb44ad18e5b069e1 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rayshon R. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rayshon R. Great Depression New Jersey https://memory.ctevans.net/files/original/e7450edca6555e6035fa4a2407d094e6.pdf 0e56885192b66778bb6c74ca43c9fcc2 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stephanie I. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stephanie I. Great Depression