1 9 17 https://germanletters.org/files/original/1fb5849d6fea7c443b8536047bf179d0.jpg 74924095ea2bc06418bad7710d75032b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1922, page 1 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Bad Salzschlirf, 29. 6. 22 </p><p>Mein lieber Vetter Bernard! </p><p>Wie die letzten Jahre so weile auch dieses Jahr hier wieder im Bade um meine Gesundheit wieder zu kräftigen, nun sind meine Augen dazu sehr schlecht geworden sodaß ich zum Schreiben sehr schlecht sehen kann du mußt daher die Fehler welche in nachstehenden Seiten vorkommen entschuldigen. Lieber Vetter Bernhard, mir und meiner Frau und Kinder geth es soweit noch gut, wie es sonst in Deutschland geth wirst du dort in Euren Zeitungen wohl auch erfahren. Wir in Deutschland sind arm wie eine Kirchenmaus letzteren Ausdruck wirst du aus deiner Jugend noch in </p><p>[page 1, bottom margin, upside down:] </p><p>Soeben erfahre daß der Dollar innerhalb 2 [?] Monate [/?] auf 380 Mark [?] steht [/?] </p><p>[/page 1, bottom margin, upside down] </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/9931a41f1782ac7cb6a3348f183845ed.jpg fb11d5e67198759b1d07371f674d3248 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1922, page 2 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 2:] </p><p>in Erinnerung [?] sein [/?], unser Geld hat fast gar keinen Wert mehr [?] gegen nüber [/?] für 1 Dollar Mk 4, 20, vor dem Kriege wird heute hier in Deutschland 360 Mk gezahlt du wie auch alle Vettern Josef Anton Ferdinand oder du lieber Bernard könnten für Eure Dollar hier in Deutschland große Reisen machen und leben, es sind eine Menge Amerikaner im [?] Süden [/?] Deutschlands so auch hier in Bad Salzschlirf komm doch auch mal herüber du kannst hier sonst noch ohne Schwierigkeiten reisen noch stelle Dir mein Haus offen sage daß auch allen Brüdern, die Teuerungen welche hier herrschen sind [?] ganz [/?] [?] enorm [/?] und nun haben wir für diese Jahr eine solche schlechte Ernte </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/d71465f61c62d588232b6e8771486eec.jpg 87573920f1fe8fb37b68a4e44f57f412 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1922, page 3 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 3:] </p><p>Ernte in Aussicht wie seit 40 Jahren nicht gewesen ist. Kaufen können wier von Euch nichts weil unser Geld wie dier geschrieben kaum Wert hat, so kostet z. B. hier 100 # Weizen 850 Mk, Roggen Hafer und Gerste [illegible] 750 Mark ein # Butter 80 - 90 Mark ein Pfund Schweinefleisch 70 - 80 Mk Rindfleisch 60 - 70 Mark und so alles andere. Kleidung und Wäsche ist fast nicht mehr zu haben oder schlecht und sehr teuer, es wird nicht mehr lange dauern so kostet ein Brodt 50 - 100 Mark und dann wird nichts mehr zu haben sein weil die Ernte in diesem Jahr nichts bringt, zu Hause so auch ziemlich in ganz Deutschland ist Weizen </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/ed1dc7bbbb0cc1bcf38fb2fba411b3f7.jpg adf98ee09301440079c013a4cfa10362 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1922, page 4 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 4:] </p><p>Weizen und Gerste alles diesen Winter erfroren und Hafer ist in folge der Trockenheit im Mai und Juni nichts, wieder wird unsere Ernte nichts mehr. Nun l Bernhard wie geth es Euch allen hoffentlich noch gut du schreibst mal recht bald mal, mein langes Schreiben bitte zu entschuldigen daran sind meine Augen schuld, wie schlecht selbe sind muß dier mitteilen daß ich diese Zeilen nicht lesen kann also wenn ein Strich fehlt oder zu viel ist, entschuldige. Nun zum Schluß lebt wohl all Ihr Vettern &lt;illegible&gt; und seht Euch alle mit Frauen und Kindern &lt;illegible&gt; alle recht herzlich gegrüßt von Eurem </p><p>Vetter August Stockebrand </p><p>[page 4, bottom-left corner:] </p><p>Also wegen meiner Schrift bitte um Entschuldigung ich kann nicht besser </p><p>[/page 4, bottom-left corner] </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rustemeyer Papers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="https://www.shsmo.org" target="_blank" title="State Historical Society of Missouri" rel="noreferrer noopener">State Historical Society of Missouri</a> Description An account of the resource This collection of letters is drawn from the Rustemeyer Family Papers, held by the <a href="https://www.shsmo.org">State Historical Society of Missouri</a>, and includes letters sent to Bernard Rustemeyer in the years after World War I, primarily from his cousin August Stockebrand. Bernard Rustemeyer was born in the community of Körbecke, in Westphalia, in 1866, and immigrated with his family to Missouri in the 1880s. Relation A related resource <a href="https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rustemeyer Family Papers</a> (finding aid, PDF) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. My dear Cousin Bernard! This year, so far, is like last year. I am again here at the baths in order to improve my health. Now my eyes have become so weak that I can't see very well to write. And so you must pardon the shortcomings which you find in the next lines. Dear cousin Bernard, I and my wife and children are still well so far. Outside of that, you can read in your local papers how things are in Germany. We in Germany are as poor as a church-mouse. ......you know from your youth are still in ... Our money is no longer worth anything. One of your dollars, worth 4.29 Mk before the war, now brings 360 Mk. You as well as all the cousins, Josef, Anton, Ferdinand or you yourself dear Bernard, could live well here in Germany for a few dollars. There are a number of Americans in all of South Germany and also here in Bad Salzschlief. Why don't you come on over? Here you could lay your cares to rest. My house is open to you. Tell all of your brothers. The inflation that prevails here is enormous and now we have for this year .... such as hasn't been seen in 40 years. We cannot buy anything from you because our money, as I wrote you, has no value. For example, 100 pounds of wheat costs 850 Mk, and rye, oats, and barley around 750 Mk. A pound of butter is 80-90- Mk. A pound of pork, 70-80 Mk, of beef, 60-70 Mk. And so with everything else. Clothing and cotton is almost unavailable, because the harvested goods bring nothing as of today. It's that way all over Germany. .... and gardens all froze this winter, and yield nothing in the wake of a drought in May and June. But we no longer suffer the earlier misery. Now, dear Bernard, how are all of you. Hopefully very well. Write very soon. Forgive my lousy handwriting. My eyes are to blame because they are so bad. I must tell you that I cannot read these lines. So if a stroke is missing or superfluous, please excuse. Now in closing, fare well, all of you honorable cousins. Heartfelt greetings to you all and to your wives and children from your cousin, August Stockebrand Please forgive my lousy writing. It's the best I can do. [Post-script:] Just now the dollar rose to 380 Mark. Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Raymond C. Backes Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Osage County, Missouri Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1922 Description An account of the resource Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1922. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1922-06-29 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource August Stockebrand Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Bernard Rustemeyer Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Körbecke (Möhnesee), Germany Bad Salzschlirf, Germany Osage County, Missouri, USA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Historical Society of Missouri Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rustemeyer Family Papers Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Bad Salzschlirf, Germany Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 100000 Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Bad Salzschlirf, 29. 6. 22 </p><p>Mein lieber Vetter Bernard! </p><p>Wie die letzten Jahre so weile auch dieses Jahr hier wieder im Bade um meine Gesundheit wieder zu kräftigen, nun sind meine Augen dazu sehr schlecht geworden sodaß ich zum Schreiben sehr schlecht sehen kann du mußt daher die Fehler welche in nachstehenden Seiten vorkommen entschuldigen. Lieber Vetter Bernhard, mir und meiner Frau und Kinder geth es soweit noch gut, wie es sonst in Deutschland geth wirst du dort in Euren Zeitungen wohl auch erfahren. Wir in Deutschland sind arm wie eine Kirchenmaus letzteren Ausdruck wirst du aus deiner Jugend noch in </p><p>[page 1, bottom margin, upside down:] </p><p>Soeben erfahre daß der Dollar innerhalb 2 [?] Monate [/?] auf 380 Mark [?] steht [/?] </p><p>[/page 1, bottom margin, upside down] </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 2:] </p><p>in Erinnerung [?] sein [/?], unser Geld hat fast gar keinen Wert mehr [?] gegen nüber [/?] für 1 Dollar Mk 4, 20, vor dem Kriege wird heute hier in Deutschland 360 Mk gezahlt du wie auch alle Vettern Josef Anton Ferdinand oder du lieber Bernard könnten für Eure Dollar hier in Deutschland große Reisen machen und leben, es sind eine Menge Amerikaner im [?] Süden [/?] Deutschlands so auch hier in Bad Salzschlirf komm doch auch mal herüber du kannst hier sonst noch ohne Schwierigkeiten reisen noch stelle Dir mein Haus offen sage daß auch allen Brüdern, die Teuerungen welche hier herrschen sind [?] ganz [/?] [?] enorm [/?] und nun haben wir für diese Jahr eine solche schlechte Ernte </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 3:] </p><p>Ernte in Aussicht wie seit 40 Jahren nicht gewesen ist. Kaufen können wier von Euch nichts weil unser Geld wie dier geschrieben kaum Wert hat, so kostet z. B. hier 100 # Weizen 850 Mk, Roggen Hafer und Gerste [illegible] 750 Mark ein # Butter 80 - 90 Mark ein Pfund Schweinefleisch 70 - 80 Mk Rindfleisch 60 - 70 Mark und so alles andere. Kleidung und Wäsche ist fast nicht mehr zu haben oder schlecht und sehr teuer, es wird nicht mehr lange dauern so kostet ein Brodt 50 - 100 Mark und dann wird nichts mehr zu haben sein weil die Ernte in diesem Jahr nichts bringt, zu Hause so auch ziemlich in ganz Deutschland ist Weizen </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 4:] </p><p>Weizen und Gerste alles diesen Winter erfroren und Hafer ist in folge der Trockenheit im Mai und Juni nichts, wieder wird unsere Ernte nichts mehr. Nun l Bernhard wie geth es Euch allen hoffentlich noch gut du schreibst mal recht bald mal, mein langes Schreiben bitte zu entschuldigen daran sind meine Augen schuld, wie schlecht selbe sind muß dier mitteilen daß ich diese Zeilen nicht lesen kann also wenn ein Strich fehlt oder zu viel ist, entschuldige. Nun zum Schluß lebt wohl all Ihr Vettern &lt;illegible&gt; und seht Euch alle mit Frauen und Kindern &lt;illegible&gt; alle recht herzlich gegrüßt von Eurem </p><p>Vetter August Stockebrand </p><p>[page 4, bottom-left corner:] </p><p>Also wegen meiner Schrift bitte um Entschuldigung ich kann nicht besser </p><p>[/page 4, bottom-left corner] </p></div> 1920-1929 August Stockebrand letters English available https://germanletters.org/files/original/d06704b2ea4c4ef8a551b3e32164dbb0.jpg 671cf5a6225bf884c2893ca3f8200076 https://germanletters.org/files/original/e5a4b6a960be30933930ac815b4e4c22.jpg 91039761586e124a12b062c5ad352a68 https://germanletters.org/files/original/07f848eea7be8b44a34cb7aa85409373.jpg cd00207b6cf174057e79cd4fbc775b6c https://germanletters.org/files/original/f413316093b65fed0e696de0c7e4d1f5.jpg 01711730c536888a6c533cc39ea319e2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rustemeyer Papers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="https://www.shsmo.org" target="_blank" title="State Historical Society of Missouri" rel="noreferrer noopener">State Historical Society of Missouri</a> Description An account of the resource This collection of letters is drawn from the Rustemeyer Family Papers, held by the <a href="https://www.shsmo.org">State Historical Society of Missouri</a>, and includes letters sent to Bernard Rustemeyer in the years after World War I, primarily from his cousin August Stockebrand. Bernard Rustemeyer was born in the community of Körbecke, in Westphalia, in 1866, and immigrated with his family to Missouri in the 1880s. Relation A related resource <a href="https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rustemeyer Family Papers</a> (finding aid, PDF) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. Korbecke, 1 December 1922<br /><br />Dear Cousin Bernard!<br /><br />Your dear letter of October 24 arrived here 14 days later, on November 7. Where did my June letter go? You wrote that you received it in October. In it I wrote to you about our situation in Germany, but the situation is much worse now. But, more about that later. First I want to write to you about us. I am still well so far except my eyes, and my dear wife and children are also doing well. My brother Frank is living with his daughter and is faring tolerably well, he also has poor eyesight. His address is Frank H., Dueren/Khe.., Ruhrstarasse 50. My sister Gertrud is also tolerably well. Her address is Gertrud Truerest, Neheim a/d/Ruhr. Both have suffered during the war and are still suffering, mainly from lack of food. The Cousins Schulte = Garies and Bemsen are doing well, like us. They, or one of you, should come for a visit. You can come over here at my expense and you are all most welcome here. <br /><br />Our business has been idle since 1916. No rye is released for making whiskey, nor is there any to be had. It was believed that in time things would get better for us here in Germany, but things have been going from bad to worse during the last three months. Our bad conditions are almost indescribable. A dollar costs over 8000 marks at this time, and all of Germany hinges on that fact. If we don't get any food from there this year a famine probably cannot be avoided. With the strong dollar it is impossible to buy anything from America. Our money buys practically nothing. It's not hard to figure out. <br /><br />Today, thousands in the cities are going hungry, and the newspapers report that many have already starved to death. Now, in part, the following prices from here. One hundred pounds of wheat cost 15,000 marks at this time. Rye, Oats and Barley are 13,000 marks. Add to that that the crop this year is the worst in my lifetime. One half to two thirds of the wheat, rye and barley - I'm not exaggerating here - froze last winter, and the oats didn't come up in the spring because of cold and drought, so in June there was still nothing to be seen. On top of that, what did grow was rained out in the fall. The poor cattle are practically down to eating manure, and August up until now there is rain almost every day. I can tell you, dear cousin, things appear to be more than discomforting. I am probably always the first man in the village to be finished with the planting of wheat, rye and barley, but up until now half of my land is still not planted and it is getting too late to do so because there is always nothing but rain and snow every day. What will things be like next year? As I said, if America doesn't come to our aid thousands of people will starve. <br /><br />And now, our prices for fat and meat. 100 pounds, live weight, of turkey meat already costs 50,000 makes or more. A pounds of beef costs 400 marks, a pound of beef costs 400 marks, a pound of butter, 1,500 marks, and everything else is proportionately high. I really didn't want to write to you about this since I know it is heartbreaking for you. Germany, once so beautiful, is now laid low, and what else might be yet to come? <br /><br />Unemployment is spreading further now, so that I think it will come to people killing each other. It was fortunate this year that we had a good potato crop. Had that not happened, I believe that industrial workers would already have come to plunder the villages inside and out. If only our dear God will protect these people. We are ready for the worst. I will remain silent today about clothes, the cost of which keeps going up. It is worst among the poor folk. Thousands of children in their huts have long since not had a shirt on their back. Now I will stop. I might break your heart, dear Bernard. <br /><br />Of course, all is well with all of you. How glad I would be if Josef, Anton and Ferdinand would let themselves be heard from for a change. Please urge them to write. I don't want to come to you a-begging; we still have food and we and we can get along without what we don't have. I have liked very much to smoke a cigar or pipe tobacco. In the last couple months, the price of those kinds of things has increased a hundredfold, and even so, smoking tobacco is no longer available. Mostly we have paper money and there is no lack of that. There is no more silver coinage unless one has laid some aside. <br /><br />What else shall I write about now? I will quit because my eyes don't want to any longer, nor can they. Please excuse my poor handwriting. <br /><br />Well dear Cousin Bernard, I will take pen in hand again to write about several matters to you. As I said, all of us cousins are still doing well, but God only knows what is yet to come. How all of you dear cousins are to be envied in that you are there! We don't dare think about our future and nobody can know what might be coming. All of you can consider yourselves lucky. <br /><br />You write that over there millions are being gathered for the needy in Germany, and there, too, you are right in saying that these monies have not all been reaching their intended destination. Here, too, it is nothing but a pack of lies. Practically no thieves and robbers understand anything about what is mine and what is yours, and the newspapers are full of it every day. You write that whiskey is no longer available there. We have had it in superabundance the last couple of years. It is supplied by the state, but in the last two months it has risen in price from 100 marks to 1600 marks per liter. I would gladly send you some if I could. I also still have some of my own corn liquor distilled in 1882 and therefore 40 years old, a delicious little drop indeed. Also, I probably cannot help you in this matter, so I will have a holy Mass read for your dear mother, who is at rest here with us. <br /><br />Now I must probably close since the paper is full. In conclusion, I will bid all of you dear ones farewell. I believe that these lines will be my last ones to you, for things can go topsy-turvy at any time. My heartfelt Christmas greetings to you, my dear Bernard and to your dear wife and children, along with all of the cousins and their families, and to all of you a happy new year from all of us, especially from your cousin, <br /><br />August<br /><br />PS: Since I have a little space left here I will ask you, as well as all of your brothers, to write again soon. If I am still here I promise to write to you again personally or by my wife or my children. Good luck! Your cousin,<br /><br /> August <br /><br />PPS: You can see how poor Germany is from the postage what used to cost 15 marks now cost 1 1/2 times as much. Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Raymond C. Backes Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Osage County, Missouri Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, December 1, 1922 Description An account of the resource Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, December 1, 1922. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1922-12-01 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource August Stockebrand Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Bernard Rustemeyer Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Körbecke (Möhnesee), Germany Osage County, Missouri, Germany Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Historical Society of Missouri Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rustemeyer Family Papers 1920-1929 August Stockebrand letters English available https://germanletters.org/files/original/1a08cea78665eca70203093b025d1e73.jpg 79052e6a30c4d2c055e33e6cfe652e63 https://germanletters.org/files/original/7e3f447012ba48b0f189e6a679e3bf52.jpg 52d3a572be6e074ea4b61bdb7491e5b9 https://germanletters.org/files/original/dabd2ebc107565fd800c94bac8492ebb.jpg 9553f9b76b633410f96236071fe2d909 https://germanletters.org/files/original/d3b36fa9da703df4b000649f83b2247c.jpg 04faaca9338d09589e045baeaf285980 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rustemeyer Papers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="https://www.shsmo.org" target="_blank" title="State Historical Society of Missouri" rel="noreferrer noopener">State Historical Society of Missouri</a> Description An account of the resource This collection of letters is drawn from the Rustemeyer Family Papers, held by the <a href="https://www.shsmo.org">State Historical Society of Missouri</a>, and includes letters sent to Bernard Rustemeyer in the years after World War I, primarily from his cousin August Stockebrand. Bernard Rustemeyer was born in the community of Körbecke, in Westphalia, in 1866, and immigrated with his family to Missouri in the 1880s. Relation A related resource <a href="https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rustemeyer Family Papers</a> (finding aid, PDF) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. Aug. Stockenbrand Corn Liquor Distillery KOERBECKE December 6, 1922 Yesterday evening I returned from a trip to Dortmund and so will take this night as the time for completing my writing tasks. Dear Cousin Bernard, I still own in Dortmund a large business place, which I myself built in 1909, and consequently have to look after the mintern [wintern?] now and then. I had a beer and lunch there. A small meal with a glass of beer cost 500 Mk. You cannot imagine today's inflation. I wanted to buy from my supplier 1000 cigars like the ones I've smoked for 15 years. Before the war they would have cost 100 Mark per thousand; now the cost is 100,000 thousand Mark. That was going too far! I did not buy them. Besides, the quality left something to be desired. All merchandise has gone up in similar fashion. Before the war a liter of good liquor cost 1 Mark; now it is 1600 Mark, and so on. That is not the worst. The food situation in the city is very, very bad. I have already written enough about that, and to tell more might give you more heartache. Germany is exhausted if America doesn't give us aid. Much is being written about the fact that America wants to credit us with 50 million dollars worth of food. [The sentence that follows is cryptic; the sense seems to be that if America doesn't come through there will be no end to the complaints]. Now, all you dear cousins with your wives and children, I call out a hearty farewell from your once beautiful fatherland, along with the wish to see someone again sometime. And if that doesn't happen, then we'll see each other again in Heaven. Again, sincere Christmas greetings to you all. Hopefully, dear cousin, by that time you will have this letter in your hand, if it makes the passage as did your last one. And also hearty wishes for a happy new year, because it might well be the last from me. Now, dear Bernard, I will close. Once again, all hoped-for good fortune and sachgend wishes all together. I send you, dear Bernard, an "auf wiedersehen". You are dear and important to me, since in every one of your letters you are thinking of the old homeland and of your mother who reposes here. So, during Christmastime, go into your church there. Here I have requested a Holy Mass, and will attend it during Christmastime. That way it can happen that your dear mother will be remembered here at the same time as you send your child's-prayer for her heavenward. My dear wife sends her fondest greetings. My children are all gone. I remain in constant love Your Cousin August Stockebrand If I have forgotten to write about something, please forgive me. My memory and my eyes are not at their best any more. Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Raymond C. Backes Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Osage County, Missouri Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, December 6, 1922 Description An account of the resource Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, December 6, 1922. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1922-12-06 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource August Stockebrand Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Bernard Rustemeyer Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Körbecke (Möhnesee), Germany Osage County, Missouri, Germany Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Historical Society of Missouri Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rustemeyer Family Papers 1920-1929 August Stockebrand letters English available https://germanletters.org/files/original/099256020db4e8e7eae18473c9051133.jpg 76ac010f59af0e31aa4a0be523cb4c02 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[written in pencil:] [Letter 5] [/written in pencil] </p><p>[preprinted:] Aug. Stockebrand Kornbranntwein= Brennerei KÖRBECKE. [/preprinted] </p><p>[preprinted:] Körbecke, den [/preprinted] 13 Januar [preprinted:] 192 [/preprinted] 3 [preprinted:] (Kreis Soest) [/preprinted] </p><p>Lieber Vetter Brenhard [sic] mit Frau &amp; Kinder </p><p>Dein lieber Brief von Weihnachten gelangte am 9 d Mts hier an und sage Dir meinen herz= lichsten Dank für selben, ihr habt ja dort einen schönen Weihnachten bei herrlichem Wetter gefeiert in Ruhe und Frie= den aber [wird?] ich legte Dier [sic] ein Zeitungsausschnitt bei danach kannst Du Urteilen selbiger ist in allen Teilen so wie es hier ist traurig Die Hungersnot wird nicht aus= bleiben bis uns, um uns brauchst du aber nicht bange zu sein wenn man uns nicht alles weg raub dann haben wir zu leben also Klagen möchte ich in meinem heutigen Schreiben nicht, unser Briefwechsel ist ja diesmal in gute 4 Wochen gewechselt hoffentlich schreibst Du auch gleich wieder, bei Euch hat sich seit Deiner vorigen Briefe ja wenig geändert solches ist bei uns aber das Gegenteil ich schicke Dir 3 Zeitungen selbiges ließ, und dann wirst Du unser Elend sehen, die Franzosen kommen nun auch uns bald auf den Leib waß [sic] wird da aus uns armen Deutschland werden wir wohnen im Lande der Kohle und haben keine der Franzose läßt uns jetz [sic] jedenfalls gar keine mehr [?] die letzten Monate kosteten 100 H Kohlen schon 3000 Mk ein Raumeter [sic] Brennholz 25000 Mk die Preise für Vieh und Getreide wirst Du aus den Zeitungen finden. Lieber Vetter wie Glücklich könnt ihr Euch schätzen dort zu sein, vor dem Kriege war es hier auch schön, es fehlte uns an </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/054e297a3a659515d80a1eab361e8a6b.jpg bb94cbac979502840cf364ffad6fe6e9 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>an nichts nun der liebe Gott wird wohl noch leben, aber Jahre werden Vergehen ehe wir Ruhe und Frieden in Europa [?] werden, vieleicht [sic] ist der Franzose nächste Woche schon bei uns selbiger wird alle Bergwerke und Fabriken besetzen, ich habe Dir ja schon von der großen Talsperre bei uns geschrieben selbige wird jedenfalls auch besetzt werden, und dann? waß [sic] wird dann werden - ich weiß es nicht zu leben haben wir heute noch waß [sic] wir brauchen Geld haben wir mehr als wir brauchen, waß [sic] wir <s>[reich?]</s> entbehren ist Kaffe [sic] Thee Kakao Reis sowie alle Südfrüchten und da muß es aber ohne gehen, wenn ich dies mit unserem Papier geld oder sonst etwaß zahlen könnte würde ich Dich bitten mir einige Liebespakete von obrigen Sachen zu besorgen, aber ich kann keine Gegenleistung machen, und darum müßen wir Roggenkaffe [sic] trinken wenn es auch schwer ist besonders für mich. Lieber Bernhard von morgen ab wird daß [sic] Briefporto um daß [sic] doppelte teurer bei uns ein gewöhn= lich Brief kostet Mk 100 dann aber das ist nicht so schlimm Papiergeld genug Gold und Silbergeld ist nicht mehr in Ver= kehr würdest Du uns besuchen können dann könnte ich entschädigen, ich habe mir einige [insertion:] [Stücke?] [/insertion] im letzten Augenblick zurück gelegt. Nun lieber Berhard [sic] wenn ich in 4 - 5 Wochen noch lebe und von Dir Antwort habe schreibe ich wieder wenn es mir in Folge meines Augenleidens auch viel wird Dir lieber Vetter schreibe ich, Du muß [sic] nur meine Schrift entschuldigen. Lieber Berhard [sic] heute möchte ich Dich mal bitten sage doch deinen Brüdern mal Sie möchten <s>[illegible]</s> auch mal schreiben ich würde selbiges schon gemacht haben wenn ich die Adresse wüßte so sind mir die Hände gebunden. Also über unsere Lage wirst Du unterrichtet wenn Du die [gesannten?] Zeitungen ließt nun muß wohl schließen schreibe bald wieder </p><p>[text on top of page 1, written upside down:] Etwaige Schreibfehler bitte zu entschuldigen meine Augen können nicht mehr Leb wohl lieber Vetter und schreibe wenn möglich bald wieder in steter Liebe Dein Vetter August Stockebrand [/text on top of page 1, written upside down] </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rustemeyer Papers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="https://www.shsmo.org" target="_blank" title="State Historical Society of Missouri" rel="noreferrer noopener">State Historical Society of Missouri</a> Description An account of the resource This collection of letters is drawn from the Rustemeyer Family Papers, held by the <a href="https://www.shsmo.org">State Historical Society of Missouri</a>, and includes letters sent to Bernard Rustemeyer in the years after World War I, primarily from his cousin August Stockebrand. Bernard Rustemeyer was born in the community of Körbecke, in Westphalia, in 1866, and immigrated with his family to Missouri in the 1880s. Relation A related resource <a href="https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rustemeyer Family Papers</a> (finding aid, PDF) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. Dear Cousin Bernard and Wife and Children: Your Christmas letter arrived on January 9. Thanks so much for it. You have certainly celebrated a beautiful Christmas there, in that marvelous land, in peace and freedom. But we -- I enclosed a newspaper clipping for you. From it you can judge. As it is here, so it is all over. Sad. The famine here won't let up. But you needn't fear for us as long as we aren't robbed of everything. We still have the necessities of life. Therefore I won't complain in today's letter. Our exchange of letters took only four weeks this time. Hopefully you will write again soon. Not much has changed in your world since your last letter, but here the opposite is true. I'm sending three newspapers. Read them, and then you will see our misery. The French will soon be upon us. What will then become of poor Germany? We live in coal country but have no coal. Anyway, the French won't let us look for any more. Last month, coal already cost 3000 mark per hundredweight, and a raumeter of firewood 25000 mark. You will find the price of cattle and grain in the newspaper. Dear cousin, how lucky you are to be over there! Before the war it was beautiful here too and we lacked for nothing. Now our dear God may still be alive, but years will pass before we see peace and freedom in Europe. Perhaps the French nightwatch is already upon us. It will occupy all the mines and factories. I've already written to you about the nearby big dam. It, too, will be occupied, and then? What is going to happen then? I don't know. We have the necessities of life, and have more money than we need. What we miss is coffee, tea, cocoa, rice, and all faedfruchten [?]. And we have to do without. But if I could buy anything with our paper money I would ask you to procure for me some ""love packages"" of the above mentioned items. However, I can offer you nothing in return, and therefore we have to drink rye-coffee even if it is difficult, especially for me. Dear Bernard, beginning tomorrow letter postage will nearly double. A domestic letter will then cost 100 mark. But then, that's not so bad. We have enough paper money. Gold and silver coin is no longer legal tender. I could reimburse those who would like to come to visit us. I laid away some pieces at the last minute. And now, dear Bernard, if I am still alive in 4 or 5 weeks and if I have received an answer from you, I will write again even though it is much for me in these days of my bad eyesight. Dear cousin, you must excuse my handwriting. Dear Bernard, today I ask you to tell your brothers that they too should write to me. I would have already written to them if I had their addresses, but my hands are tied. And, you will learn about our times when you [read] the newspaper.... I beg you to excuse whatever shortcoming there is in my handwriting. My eyes cannot go on on. Live well, dear cousin, and write back soon if possible. In constant love, Your cousin, August Stockebrand Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Raymond C. Backes Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Osage County, Missouri Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, January 13, 1923 Description An account of the resource Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, January 13, 1923. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1923-01-13 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource August Stockebrand Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Bernard Rustemeyer Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Körbecke (Möhnesee), Germany Osage County, Missouri, USA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Historical Society of Missouri Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rustemeyer Family Papers Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 100000 Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[written in pencil:] [Letter 5] [/written in pencil] </p><p>[preprinted:] Aug. Stockebrand Kornbranntwein= Brennerei KÖRBECKE. [/preprinted] </p><p>[preprinted:] Körbecke, den [/preprinted] 13 Januar [preprinted:] 192 [/preprinted] 3 [preprinted:] (Kreis Soest) [/preprinted] </p><p>Lieber Vetter Brenhard [sic] mit Frau &amp; Kinder </p><p>Dein lieber Brief von Weihnachten gelangte am 9 d Mts hier an und sage Dir meinen herz= lichsten Dank für selben, ihr habt ja dort einen schönen Weihnachten bei herrlichem Wetter gefeiert in Ruhe und Frie= den aber [wird?] ich legte Dier [sic] ein Zeitungsausschnitt bei danach kannst Du Urteilen selbiger ist in allen Teilen so wie es hier ist traurig Die Hungersnot wird nicht aus= bleiben bis uns, um uns brauchst du aber nicht bange zu sein wenn man uns nicht alles weg raub dann haben wir zu leben also Klagen möchte ich in meinem heutigen Schreiben nicht, unser Briefwechsel ist ja diesmal in gute 4 Wochen gewechselt hoffentlich schreibst Du auch gleich wieder, bei Euch hat sich seit Deiner vorigen Briefe ja wenig geändert solches ist bei uns aber das Gegenteil ich schicke Dir 3 Zeitungen selbiges ließ, und dann wirst Du unser Elend sehen, die Franzosen kommen nun auch uns bald auf den Leib waß [sic] wird da aus uns armen Deutschland werden wir wohnen im Lande der Kohle und haben keine der Franzose läßt uns jetz [sic] jedenfalls gar keine mehr [?] die letzten Monate kosteten 100 H Kohlen schon 3000 Mk ein Raumeter [sic] Brennholz 25000 Mk die Preise für Vieh und Getreide wirst Du aus den Zeitungen finden. Lieber Vetter wie Glücklich könnt ihr Euch schätzen dort zu sein, vor dem Kriege war es hier auch schön, es fehlte uns an </p></div> <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>an nichts nun der liebe Gott wird wohl noch leben, aber Jahre werden Vergehen ehe wir Ruhe und Frieden in Europa [?] werden, vieleicht [sic] ist der Franzose nächste Woche schon bei uns selbiger wird alle Bergwerke und Fabriken besetzen, ich habe Dir ja schon von der großen Talsperre bei uns geschrieben selbige wird jedenfalls auch besetzt werden, und dann? waß [sic] wird dann werden - ich weiß es nicht zu leben haben wir heute noch waß [sic] wir brauchen Geld haben wir mehr als wir brauchen, waß [sic] wir <s>[reich?]</s> entbehren ist Kaffe [sic] Thee Kakao Reis sowie alle Südfrüchten und da muß es aber ohne gehen, wenn ich dies mit unserem Papier geld oder sonst etwaß zahlen könnte würde ich Dich bitten mir einige Liebespakete von obrigen Sachen zu besorgen, aber ich kann keine Gegenleistung machen, und darum müßen wir Roggenkaffe [sic] trinken wenn es auch schwer ist besonders für mich. Lieber Bernhard von morgen ab wird daß [sic] Briefporto um daß [sic] doppelte teurer bei uns ein gewöhn= lich Brief kostet Mk 100 dann aber das ist nicht so schlimm Papiergeld genug Gold und Silbergeld ist nicht mehr in Ver= kehr würdest Du uns besuchen können dann könnte ich entschädigen, ich habe mir einige [insertion:] [Stücke?] [/insertion] im letzten Augenblick zurück gelegt. Nun lieber Berhard [sic] wenn ich in 4 - 5 Wochen noch lebe und von Dir Antwort habe schreibe ich wieder wenn es mir in Folge meines Augenleidens auch viel wird Dir lieber Vetter schreibe ich, Du muß [sic] nur meine Schrift entschuldigen. Lieber Berhard [sic] heute möchte ich Dich mal bitten sage doch deinen Brüdern mal Sie möchten <s>[illegible]</s> auch mal schreiben ich würde selbiges schon gemacht haben wenn ich die Adresse wüßte so sind mir die Hände gebunden. Also über unsere Lage wirst Du unterrichtet wenn Du die [gesannten?] Zeitungen ließt nun muß wohl schließen schreibe bald wieder </p><p>[text on top of page 1, written upside down:] Etwaige Schreibfehler bitte zu entschuldigen meine Augen können nicht mehr Leb wohl lieber Vetter und schreibe wenn möglich bald wieder in steter Liebe Dein Vetter August Stockebrand [/text on top of page 1, written upside down] </p></div> 1920-1929 August Stockebrand letters English available https://germanletters.org/files/original/0cc77e8584ec302a483bf8e4401722d4.jpg 02ef8018a3bc978fb230098d02844da1 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>August Stockebrand Kornbranntwein- Brennerei Körbecke </p><p>Körbecke (Kreis Soest), den 8 März 1923 </p><p><br /> Lieber Vetter Bernhard! </p><p>Deinen Brief vom 31 Januar zur Post gegeben am 13 Februar erhielt ich heute morgen und da ich zur Zeit über viel Zeit Verfüge so nehme ich den gl dies Feder um Dier zu schreiben, zur Zeit sind meine Augen nicht gut, und so muß Dier von Vornherein bitten etwaige Schreibfehler zu entschuldigen. Nun lieber Berhard wie es uns geht wirst Du aus gesannten Zeitungen ersehen haben, ich sannte Dier bereits vor 8 Tagen eine Sendung Soester Blätter daraus wirst Du ersehen wie es uns weiter geht ich werde Dier von Zeit zu Zeit mal welche zu gehen lassen. Du schreibst zwar das Hier das Porto teuer ist, nun das ist nicht so schlimm Papiergeld haben wier genug. </p><p>Lieber Berhard vorerst möchte ich Deine Fragen beantworten um selbe nicht zu Vergessen, die Witterung in diesem Winter </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/132c293390c47a0e11ab6ee1a8bec654.jpg 906b1aa00b5bb08365689258709ae858 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rustemeyer Papers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="https://www.shsmo.org" target="_blank" title="State Historical Society of Missouri" rel="noreferrer noopener">State Historical Society of Missouri</a> Description An account of the resource This collection of letters is drawn from the Rustemeyer Family Papers, held by the <a href="https://www.shsmo.org">State Historical Society of Missouri</a>, and includes letters sent to Bernard Rustemeyer in the years after World War I, primarily from his cousin August Stockebrand. Bernard Rustemeyer was born in the community of Körbecke, in Westphalia, in 1866, and immigrated with his family to Missouri in the 1880s. Relation A related resource <a href="https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rustemeyer Family Papers</a> (finding aid, PDF) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. Dear Cousin Bernard! I received your letter, dated January 31 but mailed on February 13, this morning, and since at this time I have a lot of time, I take pen in hand to write to you. My eyesight is poor these days, and so I beg you at the outset to excuse whatever shortcomings you find in my handwriting. Now, dear Bernard, you will have seen how things are here in the newspapers I sent you. Eight days ago I sent you an issue of Goest Blaetter. In it you will see how we are faring. I will send you more from time to time. You commented on the price of postage here. But then, that is not so bad. We have plenty of paper money. Dear Bernard. before I forget, I will answer your questions. The weather this winter was unprecedented. In November we had a few days of snow, and then almost every day rain, and more rain. In a small garden in front of our house (you might still remember it) the grass is the length of a finger. Never in my life have I ever experienced such a thing. Because of this, the crops don't look good. The rye is bad following the constant wetness, for we haven't had two dry since last August. Last year's oats harvest was total destroyed by rain, and so you can imagine that the Fall planting consisted only of Rye, and that cannot fill the bins here. As you may recall, we used to break some land every year and seed it to rye, and it never failed us. But this year that didn't work. We did reseed rye and wheat 2 and 3 days before Christmas when we had a few dry days. Hopefully this will yield something, otherwise O Poor Germany! Dear Bernard, it looks bad in the cities. Very bad. I won't write about that, since I know, dear cousin, that it would break your heart. All of us must suffer. The dear God must and surely will help us soon, or else the jaegere generation will be lost, along with our youth. The latter no longer know the meaning of order, because they get their hands on too much money, and carelessly spend it all on bear, whiskey, and cigarettes. But now we have unemployment. Along with that beer is very expensive. A liter of beer sells for about 1000 Mk, and a liter of spirits for 8500 Mk. You can image in how much money I have to reckon with overall. Since September the State has not released any spirits for drinking liquor. Earlier, I had laid in a good supply, so that I earned millions. But for what? Our paper money is no longer worth anything. Hopefully we will not die of starvation. All of us have to reconcile ourselves to putting up with shortages. But, Dear Bernard, we as well as all your cousins and Altekoester still fare well. But that is not the case for millions in the Ruhr district and the large cities. [Remainder of letter is lost] [Post-scripts, page 1:] A newspaper clipping from today is enclosed. There you can see how terrible it is for us here. Oh, poor Germany! My earlier letter reached you for Christmas. Hopefully this will reach you for Easter, and so I wish you all a happy Easter. Hopefully for us a feast of getting back up again, God willing. Your cousin, August Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Raymond C. Backes Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Osage County, Missouri Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, March 8, 1923 Description An account of the resource Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, March 8, 1923. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1923-03-08 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource August Stockebrand Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Bernard Rustemeyer Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Historical Society of Missouri Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rustemeyer Family Papers Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Körbecke (Möhnesee), Germany Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 50 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 050050 1920-1929 August Stockebrand letters English available https://germanletters.org/files/original/48e053903482e7eb7096279d0f2fa70a.jpg 2ee9788fe21538b20066fef1570c96ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1923, page 1 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[written in pencil:] [letter 7] [/written in pencil] </p><p>[preprinted:] Aug. Stockebrand Kornbranntwein= Brennerei KÖRBECKE. </p><p>Körbecke, den [/preprinted] 29 Juni [preprinted:] 192 [/preprinted] 3 [preprinted:] (Kreis Soest.) [/preprinted] </p><p>Lieber Vetter Bernard! </p><p>Auf Deinen Brief vom 31 Januar habe ich im Monat Febr bereits beantwortet und erhielt bis heute von Dir keine Antwort hoffentlich bist Du und die Deinigen noch gesund ebenso Deine lieben Brüder von letzteren glaub= te ich auch Deinen Briefe mal Nachricht zu bekommen aber auch diese bliebt [sic] aus, heute nun am Feste Peter &amp; Paul setze ich mich nun hin Dir lieber Vetter nochmals zu schreiben da der Porto am 1 Juli verdreifacht wird. Lieber Vetter uns geht es soweit ja noch ziemlich aber die Noth steigt doch täglich ins unendliche ich will nicht klagen, aber es ist doch schlimm hier in Deutschland, ich will nur eins herausnehmen denke Dir, 100 # <u>Kartoffen</u> kosten 80- 90.000 Mk ein Pfund Fleisch 20 - 30000 Mk das wird Dir alles sagen, eine schlimme Hungersnot stet [sic] Deutschland bestimmt in diesem Jahr bevor fast 6 Monate von den Franzosen besetz [sic] und dazu immer schlechtes und Kaltes Wetter seit Anfang Mai immer Regen und Kalt wir haben jeden Tag bis heute den Ofen heizen müßen um nicht zu frieren heute ohne Ofen daher auch zum Sitzen zu kalt, unsere Zeitungen schreiben von großer Hitze bei Euch hätten wir davon mit, in Folge der Nässe und Kälte ist [?] die Ernte Aus= sichten sehr schlecht, wo soll das Getreide herkommen zu Brod von Euch können wir nicht kaufen weil unser Geld keine Kaufkraft mehr hat, ein Dollar kostet einen Tag wohl 150 tausend Mark und mehr </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/e4b096f1cb8e06e8f64d23c8e75ee94b.jpg 94692c5c41edaa24771479c6ac0980dc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1923, page 2 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Also von Amerika können wir nicht kaufen und da bleibt die Hungersnot nicht aus heute ist selbe in den Städten schon Brod und Kartoffeln sind schon knap [sic]. Lieber Berhard [sic] es ist jetz [sic] soweit heute wurde in der Kirche bekannt gemacht das Heilige Messe nur nach 2 - 4 Pfund Brod berechnet werden wo soll das hin. Lieber Vetter Bernhard Brod und Fett haben wir noch, Du schrieb [sic] in Deinem letzten Briefe Du wolltes [sic] mir von dort wohl Kaffee und Reis schicken bis jetz [sic] ist selbiges nicht angekommen ob [?] Verloren ist oder hast Du selbes nicht können, ich weiß auch nicht was ich Dir dafür geben soll unser Geld hat keinen Wert bei Euch, wenn Du uns heute mit ab[?] [?] helfen kannst würde ich Dir dankbar sein, hier ist fast nichts mehr zu haben, wie Glücklich seid ihr in Amerika das Leben sind die Leute mit wenig ausnahme in Deutschland satt, und doch müßen alle warten bis der l Gott es will, die schlimmste Zeit kommt erst jetz [sic] über uns, wenn uns Amerika nicht helfe, und dazu sind wohl keine Aus= sicht. Mein lieber Berhard [sic] schreibe doch mal wieder jetz [sic] in der Not sucht mann [sic] Hilfe, ich will nun nicht mehr Klagen grüße mir alle Deine Brüder, auch mein Bruder Ferdinand läßt herzlich grüßen selbiger war diesen Frühjahr mit zusammen und haben wir von Euern Wohlergehen gesprochen uns gesagt daß Du immer an uns denkst und gesagt daß Du uns was schicken wolltes [sic] Kaffee [?] da äußerte er den Wunsch auch im hohen Alter eine Tasse Kaffee zu haben wenn es ging. Nun will ich schließen in der Hoffnung recht bald doch wieder einen Brief von dort zu bekommen und wenn ich gesund bleibe Verspreche sofort wieder zu schreiben nun lebt wohl Ihr Alle seit [sic] vieltausend mal gegrüßt von </p><p>[margin:] von uns Allen grüße auch Alle Brüder und sagt ihnen wie es bei uns in Deutschland ist. Zeitungen sandte Dir einige male in dieser Zeit zu ob Du selbe erhalten hast? so lebte Du wohl Du treuer Vetter Berhard [sic] und vergeß jetz [sic] Deutschland nicht Emfange von [/margin] </p><p>[text on top of page, written upside down:] uns Allen die herzlichsten Grüße besonders grüßt Dich in steter Liebe Dein Vetter Aug Stockebrand [/text on top of page, written upside down] </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/d7b1bbd79616fcb3fdfe63f88f97b636.jpg 5989a345422783051630f204bdffe1c4 https://germanletters.org/files/original/419badd5b19cc0d49003f78aa18a2b63.jpg f1d7627f538f1708847ebd8db7af24dd https://germanletters.org/files/original/0f880ecf87a21474bae2294694f77420.jpg ad72eff7b0535f313950a74bf3ed0a6e Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>20000 REICHSBANKNOTE 20000 </p><p>Zwanzigtasend Mark zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse in Berlin gegen diese Banknote dem Einlieferer </p><p>Vom 1. Juli 1923 ab kann diese Banknote aufgerufen und unter Um= tausch gegen andere gesetzliche Zahlungsmittel eingezogen werden </p><p>Q- CD </p><p>Berlin, den 20. Februar 1923 Reichsbankdirektorium </p><p>145119 </p><p>20000 </p><p>Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder ver= fälscht, oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft </p><p>20000 </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/d0d74701f88d0b9dc41fb86711646660.jpg 0e1d41bd2f72a212f585c00e126b8e3f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rustemeyer Papers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="https://www.shsmo.org" target="_blank" title="State Historical Society of Missouri" rel="noreferrer noopener">State Historical Society of Missouri</a> Description An account of the resource This collection of letters is drawn from the Rustemeyer Family Papers, held by the <a href="https://www.shsmo.org">State Historical Society of Missouri</a>, and includes letters sent to Bernard Rustemeyer in the years after World War I, primarily from his cousin August Stockebrand. Bernard Rustemeyer was born in the community of Körbecke, in Westphalia, in 1866, and immigrated with his family to Missouri in the 1880s. Relation A related resource <a href="https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rustemeyer Family Papers</a> (finding aid, PDF) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. Dear Cousin Bernard! I answered your letter of January 31 in February, and up to today have not received a reply from you. Hopefully you and yours are still healthy. I had also expected a letter with some news from you dear brother, but have not received any. Now today, on the feast of Peter and Paul, I set myself down to write to you again, dear cousin, since the postage will be raised again on July 1. Dear cousin, so far we are doing fairly well, but the neediness grows daily and without end. I will not complain, but it is really bad here in Germany. I'll just give one example: 100 pounds of potatoes cost 80,000-90,000 Mark; a pound of meat 20,000-30,000 Mark. That will tell it all. Germany certainly has a severe famine this year for nearly six months as a result of the French occupation. Added to that the weather has been bad and cold, always raining and cold since the first of May. We had to heat the stove every day until today so as not to freeze. Today we are without heat and therefore it is too cold to sit around. Our newspaper tells of the heat wave you are having; would that we had some of that! As a consequence of the wetness and cold, the prospects for a harvest are very poor. Where shall we get grain for bread? We can't buy any from you because our money has no buying power. A dollar costs right at 150,000 Mark or more. Therefore we can't buy from America, and so there is no end to the famine. Today it is already the same in the cities. Bread and potatoes are scarce. Dear Bernard, it has come to the point that it was announced in church today that a holy Mass would be reckoned as two to four pounds of bread. What is this all coming to? Dear cousin Bernard, we still have bread and lard. You said in your last letter that you wanted to send me coffee and rice; Up to now it has not arrived. Did it get lost, or have you not been able to do this? What is more, I don't know what I should give you for it. Our money is worthless in your country. If you can help us with these items I'll be grateful to you. Here, there is almost nothing to be had any more. Oh, how fortunate you are in America! The people in Germany, with few exceptions, are tired of living, and we must all wait according to God's will. The worst times are only beginning unless we get help from America, and there is little hope for that. Now, dear Bernard, please write again. Now, in our need, we seek help. I will not complain any more now. Greet all of you brothers. My brother Ferdinand sends his heartfelt greeting. He was here with us this Spring, and asked about your welfare, and said that you always think of us and said that you were going to send us something, coffee etc. Then he expressed a wish to have a cup of coffee at the high altar if it would be all right. Now I will close, hoping to receive another letter from you very soon, and if I stay healthy I promise to write again immediately. Farewell! All of you are greeted by all of us thousands of times. Greet all your brothers too, and tell them how things are here in Germany. I sent you newspapers several times. Did you receive them? So farewell, loyal cousin Bernard, and don't you forget Germany now! Accept our heartfelt greetings. Especially greeting you in constant love is Your cousin Aug. Stockebrand Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Raymond C. Backes Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Osage County, Missouri Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1923 Description An account of the resource Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, June 29, 1923. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1923-06-29 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource August Stockebrand Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Bernard Rustemeyer Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Körbecke (Möhnesee), Germany Osage County, Missouri, Germany Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Historical Society of Missouri Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rustemeyer Family Papers Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 50 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 050050 1920-1929 August Stockebrand letters English available https://germanletters.org/files/original/580542d894fe1ebdf2edc75423a01408.jpg 56291b4cbac473325f640f863b8e41a2 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[written in pencil:] [letter 8] [/written in pencil] </p><p>[preprinted:] Aug. Stockebrand Kornbranntwein- Brennerei Körbecke [/preprinted] </p><p>[preprinted:] Körbecke, den [/preprinted] 23 August [preprinted:] 192 [/preprinted] 3 [preprinted:] (Kreis Soest) [/preprinted] </p><p>Lieber Vetter Bernard! </p><p>Da ich auf 3 meiner Briefe ohne Antwort geblieben bin so nehme nochmals die Feder um Dir zu schreiben, jetz [sic] lieber Vetter Bernard frage an ob Du meine meine Briefe und eine Postkarte nicht erhalten hast. Du schreibst in Deinem letzten Briefe Du wolltes [sic] uns wenn wir bedürftig wären uns etwaß zu schicken jetz [sic] lieber Bernhard sind wir so weit das alles in Deutschland hungert Kartoffeln sind in diesem Jahre unter aller sehr schlechte in den Großstädten kostet 1 Centner Kartoffeln 1 1/2 Millionen Mark und keine zu haben und Brod und Fett furchtbar teuer und Fett nicht zu haben, wir haben noch alles aber es steht das furchtbarste in Aussicht nähmlich ein Bürgerkrieg ob Gott uns hilft wir wollen noch nicht Verzweiflen aber viele viele sind schon daran wie ist Euch lieber Vetter der liebe Gott gnädig gewesen das er Euch nach dort in das Land gebracht hat was Alles zu haben ist, <s>o</s> o der unselige Krieg jetz [sic] wird selbiger gefühlt die Steuern sind nicht mehr aufzubringen drei Million müßen Monatlich gezahlt werden, Geschäfte sind alle außer der Großindustrie Kaput, die letztern sind jetz [sic] auch am Rande, Arbeitslose zu Million im Ruhrgebiet wie [?] werden wird weiß nur der liebe Gott, wenn ihr jetz [sic] etwaß helfen könnt dann nehme jetz [sic] gerne, wir als alte Leute, wenn Du uns etwaß Kaffee Tee und derartiges über lassen kannst, ich wäre Dir gern dankbar, unser Geld hat keinen </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/05903617da0f819c52816a22b6e4ad8c.jpg a7d8485c6df6f66339ba86e0f3c97abd Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>werte mehr ich möchte Dir gerne davon schicken als Beweise lege Dir einige Scheine hinein, davon ist Dir ein Tausendmark schein noch bekann [sic] Euere Dollar scheine haben hier den denk= bar höchsten wert [sic], wenn ihr lieben Vettern etwaß ablassen könnt ich will gerne jede zahl [sic] heilige Messen für Eure liebe Mutter hier lesen lassen, auch für Euern l Vater und Schwester, ich weiß nicht waß ich sonst tun kann, sicher hast Du meine Briefe nicht erhalten sonst hätte von Dir lieber Berhard [sic] Nachricht bekommen, oder ist es anders? im vorigen Jahre kamen Deine Briefe hier in 14 Tage an und nun Keiner mehr. Also hundern [sic] brauchen wir jetz [sic] noch nicht hier, und wenn es kommt dann müßen wir uns in Gottes Hand geben, wär [sic] hätte vor 10 Jahren ge= sagt das das so schöne Deutschland so <u>arm</u> werden könnte ob die Bewohner daran Schuld sind? - Nun lieber Vetter wenn Du diesen Brief erhälst hoffe ich doch noch ein Lebenszeichen von Dir zurückzubekommen? von Morgen an kostet 1 Brief nach Dir wohl hunderttausend Mark ich weiß nicht viel viel darum schreibe heute noch mal, wenn ich nun keine Antwort bekomme nehme ich an das meine Briefe nicht mehr überkamen [?] habe Dir mehrere male gesannt [sic] werden auch wohl nicht übergekommen sein. Nun lieber Berhard [sic] zum Schluß wenn ich jetz [sic] keine Antwort bekomme dann lebt Alle wohl ihr lieben Vettern, dann wird wohl im Himmel ein Wiedersehn stadtfinden [sic], Grüße alle Josef Anton und Ferdinand und von uns nehmt den [sic] alle die herzlichen Grüße entgegen, und Du lieber Vetter Berhard [sic] empfange die aller innigsten Grüße auch von meiner Frau u Kinder für Deine Frau u Kinder entgegen und zum Schluß lieber [Berbhard?] Verbleibe ich bis in alle Ewigkeit Dein treuer Vetter August </p><p>[margin:] An Deine hier Ruhende Mutter denke öfters, nur so will ich auch an die lieben [Dein?] Ruhende Onkel und Nichte Maria denken, nehm als ein Lebewohl Dein Vetter August [/margin] </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rustemeyer Papers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="https://www.shsmo.org" target="_blank" title="State Historical Society of Missouri" rel="noreferrer noopener">State Historical Society of Missouri</a> Description An account of the resource This collection of letters is drawn from the Rustemeyer Family Papers, held by the <a href="https://www.shsmo.org">State Historical Society of Missouri</a>, and includes letters sent to Bernard Rustemeyer in the years after World War I, primarily from his cousin August Stockebrand. Bernard Rustemeyer was born in the community of Körbecke, in Westphalia, in 1866, and immigrated with his family to Missouri in the 1880s. Relation A related resource <a href="https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rustemeyer Family Papers</a> (finding aid, PDF) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. August Stockebrand Corn Liquor Distillery KOERBECKE August 23, 1923 Dear Cousin Bernard! Since I haven't received any reply to my last three letters, I take pen in hand to write to you again. Now, dear cousin Bernard, I ask, did you not receive my letters and postcard? In your last letter you said that you wanted to send us something if we were in need. Now, dear Bernard, we have come to the point where all of Germany is hungry. Worst of all, the potatoes are very poor this year. In the large cities one Centner of potatoes costs 1-1/2 million Mark, and there are none to be had. Bread and lard are frightfully costly and almost unavailable. We still have everything, but there is prospect for the most terrible thing, namely, a civil war. We don't want to despair of God's help, but many, many already have. How gracious our dear God was to you, dear cousin, that he brought you over to that land where everything can be had. Oh, that unfortunate war! Now it is being felt. The taxes can't be raised any higher. The million has to be paid every month. Businesses are done for, except for the major industrialists, and they are now on the edge as well. Millions are unemployed in the Ruhr district. Only God knows how this is all going to end. If you can give us any help we old folks will now gladly accept. I would be very grateful if you could send us some coffee, tea, and things of that sort. Our money has no value anymore. I would gladly send you some. As evidence I enclose for you some bills. Among them is a thousand-mark bill that you will still recognize. Your dollar bills have the highest conceivable value. If you dear cousins could spare something I will gladly have Masses offered here for your dear mother, and for your dear father and sister. I don't know what else I can do. Surely you have not received my letter, or I would have heard from you, dear Bernard. Or is it something else? In earlier years a letter came here in 14 days, and now, no more. Also, we don't need to live like dogs here yet, and if that happens we have to place ourselves in God's hands. Who would have said, ten years ago, that beautiful Germany could have become so poor? Are its residents to blame? My dear cousin, if you get this letter I hope that I will receive some sign of life from you in return. Beginning tomorrow a letter to you will be costing 100,000 Mark. That's why I am writing to you today, even though I don't know very much. If I don't receive any answer this time, I will assume that my letters are not being delivered. I have sent you newspapers several times; they too may not have been delivered. Now, dear Bernard, in closing, if I dont get an answer now, fare well, all you dear cousins. Then our reunion will likely take place in Heaven. Greet all, Josef, Anton, and Ferdinand, and accept from us all heartfelt greetings. And you, dear cousin Bernard, accept every intimate greeting also from my wife and children for your wife and children. Finally, dear Bernard, I remain forever Your loyal cousin August I think often about your mother who is buried here, and also about your dear deceased uncle and niece Maria, Again, farewell Your cousin, August Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Raymond C. Backes Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Osage County, Missouri Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, August 23, 1923 Description An account of the resource Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, August 23, 1923. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1923-08-23 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource August Stockebrand Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Bernard Rustemeyer Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Körbecke (Möhnesee), Germany Osage County, Missouri, USA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Historical Society of Missouri Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rustemeyer Family Papers Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 100000 1920-1929 August Stockebrand letters English available https://germanletters.org/files/original/62418a8df01d31aa7c1ae947afbe90a5.jpg 146143eaa3307f4fb20c3a3f5ae3293b Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[written in pencil:] [letter 9] [/written in pencil] </p><p>[preprinted:] Aug. Stockebrand Kornbranntwein- Brennerei Körbecke. </p><p>Körbecke, den [/preprinted] 1 November [preprinted 192 [/preprinted] 3 [preprinted:] (Kreis Soest). [/preprinted] </p><p>Lieber Vetter Bernhard + Familie! </p><p>Heute komme ich mal dazu anzufangen Dir auf Deinen Brief vom 9 September und dem erhaltenen Liebes Paket zu schreiben. Lieber Bernhard wie sehr ich mich über Deinen lang ersehnten Brief gefreut habe kannst Du Dir nicht denken. Derselbe kam am 6 Oktober an, ich hatte gerade eine böse Augen entzündung welche heute noch nicht behoben ist meine Frau hat mir dann den Brief vorgelesen, und uns beide standen die Tränen in den Augen, als wir an die Stelle kamen, wo Du scheibst, Du hättest uns ein Liebes Paket zugesannt [sic] denke Dir lieber Vetter, niemals hätte ich im Leben geglaubt das [sic] so etwaß nötig gewesen sei, wir haben Geld in [sic] Ueberfluß <s>und</s> leider ist es in Deutschland heute so das [sic] unser Geld gar keine Kaufkraft mehr hat, also wier [sic] können aus dem schönen Amerika sowie aus den anderen Ländern nicht mehr kaufen, und daher wird nicht aus bleiben das [sic] Millionen von Menschen zu Grunde gehen wenn der liebe Gott nicht hilft ich will Dir mal [insertion:] von [/insertion] paar Artikel die Preise nennen 1 Centh Weizen und Rogge kosten cirka [sic] je 200 Milliarden. ein Brod 40 Milliarden letzteres also 8 Mal soviel als 1871 die Kriegsentschädigung von Frankreich [insertion:] an [/insertion] Deutschland gekostet hat ein Pfund Butter 120 Milliarde unter Millionen Geldscheine gelten fast nichts mehr ich will Dir mal welche einlegen Du kannst den andern l Vettern mal welche mitgeben beim nächsten schreiben lege Dir wenn Du Intresse [sic] dafür hast auch Millionen und Milliarden scheine bei. </p><p>Waß [sic] nun die Ernte in diesem Jahre anbelangt so ist Hafer u Weizen zimlich [sic] ausgefallen Roggen u Kartoffeln dagegen schlecht 100 H Kartoffeln kosten 2 - 3 Milliarde 1 Pfund Rindfleisch 15 - 20 Milliarde Also lieber Vetter Bernhard Deutschland ist jetz [sic] vorläufig erledigt in aller nächster Zeit befürchten wir das schlimmste. </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/e1df841d050a914717defa09df30d1e5.jpg 3444628deff6d9225e61d121d1240911 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Nun lieber Vetter komme ich auf das uns zugesante [sic] Paket Dasselbe kam am 30 Oktober wohlbehalten mit 2 Paket Kaffee 2 Pakete Tee und mit Zucker und Reis hier tadeloß [sic] an ohne ein Pfennig Porto, da war das Maß Deiner Liebe voll, wie wir die wunderschönen Sachen auspakten [sic], konnte ich kein Wort sprechen. Träume und Freude zugleich, wie soll ich solges [sic] gut machen? Geld haben wir genug aber es ist nichts, nun da habe ich am anderen Tage gleich einige heiligen Messen für die Lebenden und Verstorbenen der Familie Rustemeier bestellt welche im Monat November gehalten und öffentlich von der Kanzel bekannt gemacht werden, waß [sic] soll ich weiter für Dich lieber Vetter tun? uns geht es ja alle noch gut Brod ectr. haben wir heute noch. auf all gute Sachen wie du uns gesannt [sic] hast müßen[sic] wir verzichten, ich und meine Frau senden dir unseren herzlichen dank dafür, es wird diesmal Porto und Kosten gemacht haben, wenn ich selbiges blos [sic] gutmachen könnte, so will ich den [sic] am Tage im November wenn die hl Meße [sic] für Euch Alle beten, dann wird der liebe Gott Euch solges [sic] belohnen und Euch Alle noch mehr Glück verleihen und besonders Dich lieber Bernhard da dein Herz doch so sehr noch an uns hängt Grüße alle Vettern Josef Anton &amp; Ferdinand sag Ihnen nicht <s>das</s> von Deutschlands Elend. und wie auch den andern Vettern Giese und Bunsen [?] Altekösters habe [sic] alle noch zu Essen Brod und waß [sic] nötig ist, wenn es keine Raubzüge gieb [sic] waß [sic] wir befürchten dann leben wir noch. Nach Heinrich Alte= köster habe mich erkundigt selbiger ist in Ruhrord [sic] Gerichtsvoll zieher geht ihm noch gut, muß [sic] auch entbehrungen [sic] tragen wie alle anderen, sobald Heinrich mal nach hier kommt will ich Deine Grüße bestellen, und veranlassen Dich [sic] mal zu schreiben. Nun lieber Bernhard muß ich heute zum Schluß kommen meine Augen können nicht mehr das nächste mal schreibe ich mehr, wenn ich noch lebe Einliegend findest Du einen Brief für Josef du hast die Güte und giebst Josef selben Nun nochmals vielen vielen Dank für gesanntes [sic] Paket mit den pracht vollen Sachen und der l Gott wird es Dir belohnen. Mein Bruder Ferdinand welcher 77 Jahre Alt ist will ich ein Paket Caffe [sic] mitgeben wenn er nach </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/6c535b6674002e1f8b73711837302c92.jpg e78c73b4c00b36861a582c17e29ecb85 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 4 of letter:] </p><p>Branntwein schicken kann dafür den [sic] ich habe noch große Massen ein Ltr. kostet heute 300 Milliarden Nun lieber Bernhard laß aber nicht wieder solange auf einen Brief warten, aber Du hast 3 meiner Briefe nicht erhalten und viele Zeitungen nicht </p><p>Nun nochmals Schluß und lebe wohl &amp; vielen Millionen herzl Grüße an Dich &amp; Frau u Kinder sowie an alle Jos Anton und Ferdinand ihre Fraun u Kinder bes. Du lieber Bernhard empfange die herzlichsten Grüße in Liebe Dein Vetter August Stockebrand. </p><p>Werde ich Weihnachten von Dir Antwort haben so nimm schon die herzl Weihnachtswünsche hiermit behüt Dich Gott und leb [sic] wohl Alle </p></div> https://germanletters.org/files/original/30c61e22025beb8f86308f585a47ce5e.jpg 56355abd95ab9a425f07737938a3c7c0 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 3 of letter:] </p><p>II. nach hier kommt, selbiger läßt übrigens Euch Alle bestens Grüßen er wohnt in Münster mit seiner Frau und ist noch Gesund auch Bruder Franz lebt noch bei seiner Tochter in Düren und Gerhard wohnt in Neheim, es geht dem einen wie dem anderen, die Vettern in Soest sind böse auf Berhard [sic] und August [Tod?] Berhard [sic] ist in Bigge am Gericht und August in Soest an der Post geht ihnen Gut die Besitzung in Soest ist Verkauft Also ich wieder hohle [sic] alle Grüße welche Du mir aufgetragen habe bestellt und den Heinrich Alteköster will ich selber auch persönlich wenn er nach hier kommt selbe bestellen </p><p>Nun lebt denn Alle Wohl und Du lieber Bernhard nehm noch= mals vielen tausend Dank für die Sachen, Du hast jedenfalls große Kosten gehabt es tut uns leid daß ich Dir nicht ein Fäßchen </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rustemeyer Papers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="https://www.shsmo.org" target="_blank" title="State Historical Society of Missouri" rel="noreferrer noopener">State Historical Society of Missouri</a> Description An account of the resource This collection of letters is drawn from the Rustemeyer Family Papers, held by the <a href="https://www.shsmo.org">State Historical Society of Missouri</a>, and includes letters sent to Bernard Rustemeyer in the years after World War I, primarily from his cousin August Stockebrand. Bernard Rustemeyer was born in the community of Körbecke, in Westphalia, in 1866, and immigrated with his family to Missouri in the 1880s. Relation A related resource <a href="https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rustemeyer Family Papers</a> (finding aid, PDF) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. Dear Cousin Bernard and Family! Today I finally get around to begin to write about your letter of September 9 and the love package which we have received. Dear Bernard, you cannot imagine what joy your long anticipated letter brought me. It arrived on October 6. I had just had a bad eye inflammation, which isn't gone even today. My wife read the letter to me, and we both wept when we came to the part where you said you sent us a love package. Thank you, dear cousin! In all my life I never believed that something like that would be needed. We have money to burn, but unfortunately conditions are such in Germany that our money no longer has any buying power whatsoever. Therefore we can no longer buy anything from beautiful America nor from other countries. Hence it is inevitable that millions of people will be ruined unless God helps us. I'll quote a few prices for you. A Cate [?] of wheat and rye costs about 200 million. A loaf of bread 40 billion, eight times as much as damage from the 1871 war with France. A pound of butter, 120 billion. Bills under a million buy almost nothing anymore. I will enclose some. You can share them with your other dear cousins. Next time I'll enclose some million and billion mark bills, if you'd like to be pampered. About the harvest this year. We had a bumper crop of oats and wheat, but rye and potatoes were poor. A hundred pounds of potatoes cost 2-3 billion, and a pound of beef 15-20 billion. And so, dear cousin Bernard, Germany is now temporarily ruined in all respects. We fear that the worst is yet to come. Now dear cousin, about the package you sent. It arrived on October 30 in good condition, with 2 packets of coffee, 2 packets of tea and with sugar and rice unspoiled, and without a penny of postage due. The whole of it was filled with your love. I was speechless as we unpacked those wonderful things, tears and joy all at the same time. How can I ever repay you? We have plenty of money but it is nothing. I have requested some Masses to be said for the living and deceased of the Rustemeier family, which will be said in November and published from the pulpit. What more should I do for you, dear cousin? We are all well. We still have bread, etc. We would have to do without the good things such as you sent us. I and my wife send you our heartfelt thanks. You have spent a great deal on costs and postage. If I can only make it up to you, I will. On the day in November when the Holy Masses pray for you all, God will reward you and bring you still more good fortune. Especially you, dear Bernard since you are committed to us heart and soul. Greet all cousins, Joseph, Anton and Ferdinand. Don't tell them about Germany's woes. Tell them the other cousins, Giese and Bunson, and also Altekoesters all have bread to eat and all that is needed. If we don't see a string of robberies, which we do fear, we will live. I asked about Heinrich Altekoester. He is a bailiff in Ruhrort. He is well, though he must put up with privations like everyone else. When he comes here sometime I will give him your greetings and bid him drop you a line. Now, dear Bernard, I must close for today because my eyes can't go on. I'll write more next time if I am still alive. Enclosed you will find a letter for Josef; be so kind as to give it to him. Once again, our many, many thanks for the package of splendid things that you sent us. Our dear God will reward you. I will give my brother Ferdinand, who is 77 years old, a packet of coffee when he comes here. He sends you all his best greetings. He lives in Muenster with his wife and is still healthy. Brother Franz is still living with his daughter in Dueren and Gertrud lives in Neheim. They are all well. The cousins in Loest are all dead except for Berhard and August. Berhard is at the court in Bigge and August with the post office in Soest. They are well. They property in Soest has been sold. I passed along all the greetings that you sent me. I will greet Heinrich Altekoester personally when he comes here. Now, farewell to you all. And you, dear Bernard, accept our many-thousandfold thanks for the articles. In any event it cost you a lot, and it pains me that I can't send you a bottle of liquor in return, for I still have a great deal of it on hand. One liter costs 300 billion today. And now, dear Bernard, don't make me wait so long for a letter. But you have not received three of my letters, nor have you received many of the newspapers. One again, I close. Farewell! And many millions of sincere greetings to you and your wife and children, as well as all the others, Joseph, Anton, and Ferdinand, their wives, and their children. And you, dear Bernard, accept my sincere greetings. With love, your cousin August Stockebrand P.S. If I receive an answer from you around Christmas, then I pass along herewith best Christmas wishes. May God look after you. Farewell to you all. Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Raymond C. Backes Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Osage County, Missouri Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, November 1, 1923 Description An account of the resource Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, November 1, 1923. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1923-11-01 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource August Stockebrand Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. 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Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, January 13, 1924, p. 1 https://germanletters.org/files/original/3fdd1831d91795ac08c58e637fdc91ec.jpg d609d096f942ef681676e3039ab4f1b6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, January 13, 1924, p. 2 Scripto Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document. <div class="mw-parser-output"><p>gesprochen wenn selber getrunken wurde, den [sic] Bohnen Caffee ist in Deutschland seit Jahren eine Seltenheit, es wird nur Roggen Caffee getrunken, mir sagt selbiger <s>d</s> nicht zu und daher habe ich auf den ges Kaffee fast allein ge- trunken. Mein lieber Vetter Bernhard möchte ich Dir [sic] mal fragen, warum Bruder Josef von uns nichts mehr wissen will, will er von Deutschland überhaupt nichts mehr hören? es ist ja nichts mehr loß [sic] seit Jahren der unglückselige Krieg hat uns fast um alles ge bracht, es ist gut das [sic] ich Grundbesitz habe, sonst sähe es so aus aber jetz [sic] werden wir mit furchtbar hohen Steuern belastet, und da uns in Folge der Umstellung der Währungsfrage als Mark <s>ist</s> [insertion:] in [/insertion] Rentenmark so kannst Du Dir denken, eine Billion Mark ist ja eine Renten mark und für eine Rentenmark, kannst [sic] ich vieleicht [sic] 1/4 [?] Caffee kaufen, also in letzten Jahren hatten wir Geld genug und jetz [sic] ist fast alles Arm in Deutschland denke Dir eine Billion gleich 1000 Milliarden ist jetz [sic] noch 1 Mk und 2 Dosen Streichhölzer kosten 1 Mark, also am 20 Novem ber ist die Umwälzung seitens der Regierung gemacht, so wird Deutschland für hundert Jahre bettel arm sein, ich habe meine Kinder alle Versorg [sic], und daher jetz [sic] es uns ja gut auch allen anderen Verwanten [sic] geht es noch gut weil alle Landwirtschaft treiben, Vetter Josef Giese genannt Bunsen geht es gesundheitlich nicht gut, leidet an Atemnoth und war schon einige mal nahe am Tode, hat keine Kinder und daher auch ohne Noth, also macht Euch um uns hier keine Sorgen, es werden wohl noch Zeiten kommen wo es noch viel schlechter wird, es ist eben nicht zu übersehen waß [sic] mit Deutschland wird, für heute [?] Schluß werde morgen mehr schreiben </p></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rustemeyer Papers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="https://www.shsmo.org" target="_blank" title="State Historical Society of Missouri" rel="noreferrer noopener">State Historical Society of Missouri</a> Description An account of the resource This collection of letters is drawn from the Rustemeyer Family Papers, held by the <a href="https://www.shsmo.org">State Historical Society of Missouri</a>, and includes letters sent to Bernard Rustemeyer in the years after World War I, primarily from his cousin August Stockebrand. Bernard Rustemeyer was born in the community of Körbecke, in Westphalia, in 1866, and immigrated with his family to Missouri in the 1880s. Relation A related resource <a href="https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/columbia/c4017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rustemeyer Family Papers</a> (finding aid, PDF) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Translation A translation of the original document's text into English. Dear Cousin Bernard, wife, and children: I received your letter of November 19, 1923, on the 8th of December on the feast of Mary's Immaculate Conception, along with the two enclosed pictures of brother Anton and family, and the photograph of Franz, the soldier. Hopefully we won't have another war like the last one. Brother Anton is a big man. Hopefully he is as well as the picture shows him to be. Give them all our sincere greetings and tell him he can be glad he is no longer in Germany. And thanks from us all for the good wishes you passed along. I would have answered you right away, but I had certainly hoped to get a few lines from your brother Joseph as well. That probably won't happen now, and so I have begun today to answer you. First of all, I hope that you had good celebrations for Christmas and New Year. The same good wishes to you from us. It would take too much to write about us in Germany these last weeks. The French have now been in Germany for a year. That, dear cousin, will tell you the whole story. We have the necessities of life, to be sure, since my farm takes care of that. And so I won't complain. Some small deprivations have to be borne. The small package from you, with the coffee and other things, was wonderful. Once again, my sincere thanks. The coffee has been used up and is frequently received from you. Unemployment now makes its appearance. I firmly believe its going to come to one person killing another. It was fortunate this year that the potatoes were good. Otherwise, I believe that the workers from the factories would already have come to us out of the cities in order to plunder. Even if the dear God looks after us, we are prepared for the worst. As far as clothing is concerned I won't say anything about that today. The poor folks are faring the worst. Thousands of children in the cities haven't had a shirt on their body for a long time. I'm going to stop now, dear Bernard; I don't want to give you a heavy heart. All of your loved ones are faring well indeed. How happy I would be if Joseph, Anton, and Ferdinand would let themselves be heard from. See if you can't get one or the other to write. I won't come a-begging to you. We still have food and we can do without the things we don't have. I liked to smoke a cigar or a pipeful of tobacco. During the past month the price of things of that kind has soared a hundredfold, and no longer available. What we have the most of is paper money. There's no lack of that. There is no more gold and silver unless someone has laid some away. Now what more shall I write? I will quit for now because my eyes can't and won't go on. Please, you must forgive my bad handwriting. Dear Cousin Bernard, I will take pen in hand once again to write a few more things. As I said, we and all the cousins are well so far. God knows what is still to come. How all of you dear cousins are to be envied that you are there. We dare nothing of our future. Nobody can know it, or what might happen. You can all consider yourselves fortunate. You write that millions have been collected there for the needy in Germany. You have it right -- these moneys don't all reach the place for which they are intended. Here, it is nothing but lies and deception. Theft recognizes no "mine and thine," and the newspapers are daily full of robberies. You write that no liquor is available there any more. Here we have had a surplus for the last two years. We have millions worth of it in storage. It is made from barley. But in the last two months the price has gone from 100 Mark to 1600 Marks per liter. I would gladly send you some if that could be done. I also have some corn liquor that I put away in 1882 and so is 40 years old. A fast troepchen. And so as far as this in concerned I can't be of any help to you. And so I will have a Mass said during this Christmastime for your dear mother who reposes her with us. Now I must close because I am coming to the end of the sheet. In closing I send you all an "auf wiedersehen". I keep thinking that these lines will be my last ones to you, because every day it can go kopfaelen. Dear Bernard and your wife and children and all cousins with their wives and children, accept sincere Christmas greetings and also a happy new year from us all. Especially, accept sincere greetings from Your cousin August Translator The name of the translator of the original document into English. Raymond C. Backes Destination Defines the geographic location to which a given document was sent. [GHI-created element] Osage County, Missouri Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, January 13, 1924 Description An account of the resource Letter from August Stockebrand to Bernard Rustemeyer, January 13, 1924. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1924-01-13 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource August Stockebrand Type The nature or genre of the resource letter Language A language of the resource German Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Bernard Rustemeyer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State Historical Society of Missouri Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rustemeyer Family Papers Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Körbecke (Möhnesee), Nordrhein-Westfalen Scripto Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 50 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 050050 1920-1929 August Stockebrand letters English available