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(DIR) Post #AilIShdWjHsobxSpEW by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-06-09T19:48:12Z
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@interfluidity Here are some of the internal pages
(DIR) Post #AilISjHcbhY7ibEMMq by interfluidity@zirk.us
2024-06-09T20:13:29Z
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@grmpyprogrammer so, issued in Medias, “judet” (something between state or province and county) Sighisoara, near the very beautiful, medieval, Dracula-esque city of Sighisoara. https://maps.apple.com/?address=Medias,%20Romania&auid=1548341400814320616&ll=46.161399,24.357288&lsp=6489&q=Medias&t=m
(DIR) Post #AilIgWvZLGWtS5Uppw by interfluidity@zirk.us
2024-06-09T20:16:00Z
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@grmpyprogrammer line of work / basis as insured “ucenic dogar”… i had to ask my wife, it seems he was an apprentice barrelmaker!
(DIR) Post #AilIoBboUJxneMuGUS by interfluidity@zirk.us
2024-06-09T20:17:23Z
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@grmpyprogrammer (Barth Carol is the name of the insured.)
(DIR) Post #AilJCWmzOMWaI0jzua by interfluidity@zirk.us
2024-06-09T20:21:47Z
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@grmpyprogrammer Born in 1920, nearby in Biertan https://maps.apple.com/?address=Biertan,%20Romania&auid=12596562763198814758&ll=46.139650,24.523887&lsp=6489&q=Biertan&t=m
(DIR) Post #AilJHYRUfkiOrh5Eiu by interfluidity@zirk.us
2024-06-09T20:22:42Z
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@grmpyprogrammer the notebook was issued March 11, 1938.
(DIR) Post #AilJdnoCDpFitRJL3w by interfluidity@zirk.us
2024-06-09T20:26:42Z
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@grmpyprogrammer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biertan?wprov=sfti1
(DIR) Post #AilJrUtBMShaGlAoCm by interfluidity@zirk.us
2024-06-09T20:29:11Z
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@grmpyprogrammer in 1937-1938 he was given 6 weeks of benefits, by “stamp” (timbre) rather than by price list (lista de plata), i guess that would be reimbursal of market payments?
(DIR) Post #AilKhZjEc4MOKyLxUu by interfluidity@zirk.us
2024-06-09T20:38:36Z
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@grmpyprogrammer 25-May-1938 DIAGNOSIS (disease of which the insured suffers) fracture of the left calf, both bones (“ambele oase”). Then handwritten notations track progress until August 14, but beyond the dates I can’t make sense of them. The next page 12 is the same table extended horizontally, we can see matching the 25-May diagnosis under “TREATMENT PRESCRIBED and number of the medical order” it says “at the hospital” (la spital), then the week May 24-31.
(DIR) Post #AilL7wxGse4ntyUks4 by interfluidity@zirk.us
2024-06-09T20:43:22Z
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@grmpyprogrammer Basically, our gentle barrelmaker broke his calf May 25, 1938 and was accorded health benefits by Romania’s prewar welfare state, including a week of hospital care and 6 weeks off of work. His condition continued to be monitored through August. He came from and lived until this his 18th year in very lovely places, worked, was injured, was helped. I wonder what the next years, which were less lovely and less civilized I’m afraid, brought our young gentleman.
(DIR) Post #AilTuiVSBivuufFSnQ by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-06-09T22:21:40Z
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@interfluidity He ended up being forcibly drafted into the German army during WW2 (he was ethnically a Saxon and spoke German), worked his way into being a messenger (motorcycle mostly), and immigrates to Canada in 1950 with his Hungarian wife and 2 year old daughter (my mother).
(DIR) Post #AilUG7FjNPpvkB691U by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-06-09T22:25:35Z
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@interfluidity That makes sense because his family owned a vineyard near one of the mountain passes around there
(DIR) Post #Ain7jPgm08IIgtfT4i by interfluidity@zirk.us
2024-06-10T17:22:41Z
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@grmpyprogrammer@phpc.sociaafter the war, before Canada, was h in Germany or Romania? (lots of Romanian Transylvania is Saxon in architecture and history, but much of that population was dispaced by/after the war.)
(DIR) Post #Ain7xHJ5xgLokVChZA by interfluidity@zirk.us
2024-06-10T17:25:12Z
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@grmpyprogrammer after the war, before Canada, was he in Germany or Romania? (lots of Romanian Transylvania is Saxon in architecture and history, but much of that population was displaced by/after the war.)
(DIR) Post #AinKD4i1lbRvlEAH1E by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-06-10T19:42:16Z
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@interfluidity I think they were in Germany, I will ask my mother
(DIR) Post #AinKZnDwwTaqBxveFs by interfluidity@zirk.us
2024-06-10T19:46:37Z
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@grmpyprogrammer in either case, i'd recommend if you can, think about a visit. transylvania is just a lovey place in summertime. sighisoara has its dramatic architecture and vlad dracul history. i haven't been to biertan but it sounds great. it's a big world full of beautiful places, but you have at least a hint of a connection to explore.
(DIR) Post #AinKzX7PRcg1lr8xdo by grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social
2024-06-10T19:51:12Z
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@interfluidity I have definitely been thinking of going for a while — things just have to line up to make it happen and I would want a local guide to make things go smoother