Community Contributions · German Heritage in Letters

Marta Dreher to Bertha Bookjans, February 27, 1939

Letter from Marta Dreher to Bertha Bookjans, February 27, 1939.

Heinrich Brueckmann to Georg Karl Spiess and Christina Brueckmann Spiess, February 14, 1858

Letter from Heinrich Brueckmann to Georg Karl Spiess and Christina Brueckmann Spiess, February 14, 1858

Wilhelm Voos to Amalia Voos, March 31, 1895

Letter written by (Friedrich) Wilhelm Voos to his stepmother, Amalia Voos, and other relatives, including his half-sister Bertha, on March 31, 1895. The letter shares the news of the birth of Amalie Johanne Voos, the second daughter of Friedrich…

Ernst Friedlin to William Friedlin, May 23, 1914

Letter from Ernst Friedlin to William Friedlin, May 23, 1914.

Wilhelm Egberts to Wilhelm Tegtmeyer and George Tegtmeyer, April 12, 1927

Letter from Wilhelm Egberts to his stepsons, Wilhelm and George Tegtmeyer, April 12, 1927. The letter was written to inform the brothers of their mother's death.

Letter to Urte Kupprat Gurklies, January 15, 1909

Letter to Urte Kupprat Gurklies, January 15, 1909.

Caroline Steierberg to Carl and Sophie Flentge, March 6, 1907

Letter from Caroline ("Lina") Steierberg to Carl and Sophie Flentge, March 6, 1907. Carl Flentge immigrated to the United States in the early 1850s; Lina Steierberg was the daughter of his sister Charlotte Flentge Steierberg.

Heinrich Flentge to Carl and Sophie Flentge, Oct. 13, 1907

Letter from Heinrich Flentge to Carl and Sophie Flentge, October 13, 1907. Carl Christian Ludwig Flentge immigrated to the United States in the early 1850s; Heinrich Flentge was the son of his brother Carl Heinrich Ludwig Flentge.

Heinrich Schlue to Ernst Schlue, July 16, 1907

Letter from Heinrich Schlue to Ernst Schlue, July 16, 1907. The author of the letter, Heinrich Schlue, was the son of Ernst Schlue's brother, also named Heinrich. The letter was written to inform Ernst Schlue of the death of the elder Heinrich…

Wilhelm Dickel to Frederick Wilhelm Dickel, November 16, 1921

This November 1921 letter was sent by Wilhelm Dickel of Hörde, in Westphalia, to his uncle Frederick Wilhelm Dickel, who had immigrated to the United States as a young man and lived in Amana, Iowa. The letter, however, was eventually delivered to…

Daniel Dickel to Wilhelm Dickel, February 8, 1922

Letter from Daniel Dickel to his cousin Wilhelm Dickel, February 8, 1922. Daniel Dickel explained that his father, Frederick George Dickel, who lived in Kelona, Iowa, had received a letter Wilhelm Dickel had sent to Frederick Wilhelm Dickel of Amana,…

Wilhelm Dickel to Daniel Dickel, March 23, 1922

This letter, written by Wilhelm Dickel of Hörde, Westphalia, to his cousin Daniel Dickel of Kalona, Iowa, in March, 1922, shares details of the effects of the fluctuation in the value of the mark on everyday life for the Dickel family.

Postcard to Lina Höllmüller Rauch, date uncertain

Postcard sent to Caroline ("Lina") Höllmüller Rauch from a relative or friend named Ludwig describing a trip to the Allgäu region of Bavaria, including the Neuschwanstein Palace depicted on the front of the postcard. The obliterated postmark likely…

Postcard to Lina Höllmüller, November 25, 1912

This postcard was sent to Caroline ("Lina") Höllmüller from one of her siblings in Germany in 1912. She was born in 1881 near Neureichenau, in a picturesque area of eastern Bavaria, where family operated a resort for travelers. In 1902, she…

Fritz Höllmüller to Lina Höllmüller, December 21, 1910

This postcard was sent to Caroline ("Lina") Höllmüller from her brother Fritz in 1910. She was born in 1881 near Neureichenau, in a picturesque area of eastern Bavaria, where family operated a resort for travelers. In 1902, she immigrated to the…