Day 14: More Research in Berlin
[Picture] The Hahn Family tree. It is such an honor that these family relics are now being passed on to me [Picture] Here is the spot, at the end of the street, where my great great grandmother was...
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Day 15: leaving Germany
[Picture] [Picture] [Picture] It seems appropriate to see St Matthews before leaving. This is where it all began. This was where Ferdinand was commissioned to go to India in 1868. Doris went to marry...
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Day 13: Thinking about German Roots
[Picture] This table of the manners of different Europeans is very telling. During what is called the long 19th century of course German identity was being formed. There was no unified Germany until 1871....
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DAy 12: Uetersen to Ballinstadt Emigrant Museum
For about five million European emigrants from 1850 to 1939, Hamburg was the "Gateway to the World." At the Port of Hamburg they left their homeland to head off to the New World seeking their fortune....
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Day 11: Hamburg To Uetersen
[Picture] [Picture] We finally arrived to Uetersen, and from our hotel window is this idyllic view. This is the birthplace of Doris Hahn, my great great grandmother. This was home to Leyla's great great...
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Day 9 & 10: Wernigerode
[Picture] [Picture] I visited Wernigerode because Doris came here after being reported from British India in 1915. All I could learn about her time in war torn Germany was that she died in Wernigerode....