Happiness - A curse which has either been granted or allowed

Germany 1937

Province of East Prussia

Erz Mountains

…The ice didn't carry too many children on one spot, so it broke in big slabs.

Now running hard was being called for, only the ice broke faster than they were able to come

ashore…

The kitchen

Source: http://www.keramikpool.de/bilder/produkte/gross/B-Miele_28-Honigtopf-mit-Biene.png

Joining the Refugee Wagons

An Ambulance

At a station

Finding a new family

Horst - today

Sources/Acknowledgements

Thank you, Horst, for sharing this story with us and giving permission to use your photograph.

Sources of the pictures:1. Map: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/DR1937.1.png

2. Skaters: http://lagis.online.uni-marburg.de/de/subjects/xsrec/current/509/pageSize/50/mode/base/setmode/base/sn/bd?q=YToxOntzOjU6InNhY2hlIjtzOjE2OiJNYXJidXJnZXIgVHJhY2h0Ijt9

3. Child on ice:

4. Breaking ice: http://arztsuche24.at/ratgeber/gesundheit-allgemein/einbrechen-ins-eis-was-tun-wenn-das-eis-nicht-haelt/

5. The kitchen:

6.Bathing:http://www.km.bayern.de/bilder/km_absatz/foto/2997_greta_fischer_badewanne_455.jpg

7. The honey-pot: http://www.keramikpool.de/bilder/produkte/gross/B-Miele_28-Honigtopf-mit-Biene.pn

8. Horst: private picture

Sources Continued

8. Joining the Refugee Wagons: http://www.mohrungen.eu/moh_mod/Bilder_gesamt/gif_jep_geschi/Brosch_Flucht_Vertreib/abb11_flucht.jpg

9. An Ambulance: http://www.roteskreuz.at/typo3temp/pics/00473b249e.jpg

10. At a station: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_175-13223%2C_Berlin%2C_Fl%C3%BCchtlinge_aus_dem_Osten.jpg; http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Vertreibung.jpg

11. Finding a new family: %2Fwww.bpb.de%2Fgeschichte%2Fzeitgeschichte%2Fdeutschlandarchiv%2Fvanlaak20130331%2F%3Fp%3Dall&docid=iQ5AniAIPePVeM&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpb.de%2Fcache%2Fimages%2F8%2F157198-3x2-original.jpg%253F452A8&w=900&h=600&ei=uvfwUs-bH8OgtAaa1IAY&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=5376&page=3&ndsp=48&ved=0CCYQrQMwCzhk

12. Horst: private photograph