Chapter 18 Connecting links
The Gütermann HQ in Gutach, 2022.
Present day Gütermann thread on offer in a store in Freiburg, the city I've lived in since 1981.
Gert Gütermann's golf clubs my mother saved. Photo from 2016.
Letter to Helene Lemberger, 9. April 1937, Therese's niece.
The back of the letter: Therese's address in Troppau.
How I met Rick Pinard, PhD, historian in Prague. He saw my first post on the Facebook Jewish Genealogy Portal in October 2022 and asked for the names of my relatives in Troppau. He owns a 1936 telephone book from the city. And there they all were! In the end, Rick and I became friends, he checked the historical facts in 'The Unspeakable' and wrote the Foreword. Serendipity and friendship :-)