Genealogy Chat

Well done, everyone, what a lovely ending, I read the result with tears in my eyes, I am so pleased.......Lilly

Well that's just about the best outcome there could have been!!! Gosh he sounds like a lovely gentleman and I'll bet he's also pleased to know that Herta's been thought of after all these years. Hopefully now these papers will be displayed and she can be remembered in some small way across future years. Great outcome - well done!! (sniff sniff) Snowdrops

To Athena and All who showed interest> What a great outcome, thanks Athena for making the call, so glad that Heinz was able to be contacted and that he already knew about Herta and was happy to speak to you. I don't think I ever will forget now about the story of Herta and Heinz and the things that happen through Wars. Will contact you athena Later after I have spoken to SLP. Love and Thanks to All. Carolx

I'm really pleased you made that phone call Athena. Well done, it must have taken some courage. I'm relieved to know that Heinz was able to listen with interest since he knew what had become of Herta. What a lovely ending - to that part of the story anyway. So what happens now? How far do we GR folk go in trying to find any living rellie of Herta.....after all, it would be their right to have that suitcase full of her belongings wouldn't it?? Karen

Well done and that took alot of courage.....it was the right thing to do......some times you have to to go with your gut feeling... Im so pleased it all ended well Annie x

Hi everyone, so glad for the happy ending. If no living relatives of Herta can be found, wouldnt her things be better going to a Jewish Museum/Archive than staying with Lambeth? They dont really seem all that interested do they. Regards Sylvia.

What a heart-warming way to start the morning. Well done to all of you, particularly Athena making the actual call. All the best to you all, Donna

Well done everyone - what a lovely ending. Where are the tissues !!!

Well done Athena + Carol, - and everyone who helped - It is truly amazing what can be achieved by people on this board ! So glad that some joy came from this. Heinz has obviously got on with his life after her death and although he does not feel the need to have the items sent, he was obviously touched by the fact that so many people care. Best wishes to all. Dea x

Good morning, just had to log on to find out, thank you Athena, for making the call and to carol for finding the article in the first place.

l couldn't go to work without finding out, now I have tears in my eyes!!! Well done for making that call, you must have been nervous. It was absolutley the right thing to do. You are such a lovely bunch. Mandy XXX

What a story, congratulations to all of you, such a happy ending you are all such great people loren.

WOW AND WOW AGAIN i have been dipping in and out when i could to keep up with this story and i am so happy that you saw it through to th end. what a fantastic story. what an incredible bunch you are. i am so thrilled. i have told everyone i know about this story and they all want to know what the ending was. WELL DONE love linda x x x

Oh well done Athena - I stayed up til my eyes were closing last night and whipped on here as soon as Old Man had gone to work And well done Carol in Dulwich for bringing this story up in the first place and then tying all the snippets together. A real Agatha Christie job. FANTABULOUS. . WOO HOO - Isnt that lovely and he still has a wife, which is brilliant. I bet they spent hours and hours talking about your call afterwards and all the neighbours will be told - isnt it great. AND arent you great doing it - I would have made a complete cock up, stuttered and dithered and probably upset them if Id phoned. FANTASTIC - well done everyone and Im SO pleased it worked out - I bet that old chap will talk about this for years now. I bet the photo albums are on the table at this very moment! WELL DONE!!!!

Erm, we do have Herta's dads name and place of birth guys ................... shall we ?????? I know its believed they perished in Austwitz but say one of them didnt?

A big thank you Athena for having the courage to make that call and put the final pieces in place. Like many others I will never forget Herta's story and I just hope now that something fitting is done with her belongings - her story needs to be available to as many people as possible. And thanks to Carol for all her hard work and for keeping me in touch with things. A wonderful conclusion to all the efforts everybody has put in. Helen x

Well that is a lovely read... Very Well Done all Folks, great work :)) Makes you feel proud to be a member of GR, alongside such clever and caring people, makes you feel all 'welled up', this Thread has the real 'Feelgood Factor' :)) great stuff!. Chris :)

As I said previously, and Heather has just mentioned too, that surely a rellie of Herta's can be found. I think the suitcase full of her belongings should go to a rellie. There is every possibility that there is one out there somewhere... The people who have the suitcase at the moment don't seem tooooo interested in taking it further themselves, content with the fact that they are in posession of a suitase full of old things. After all, they didn't even know she'd died. Karen

Well Done you wonderful caring people!! I was following this thread last night and somehow, I can’t help but think that Herta was guiding you in the right direction to find ‘her’ Heinz/Henry. I bet she is smiling down on you all. Well Done again for a happy ending to this story – someone pass me a tissue please!! Jxx

Such a lovely outcome to Herta's story. Well done Athena and Carol et al. Yet I still feel there's an itch waiting to be scratched here? Even if its just a matter of getting in touch with a member of the Jewish Community? We've all be party to a wonderful story and enjoyed the thankfully happy outcome. Maybe her story should have a wider airing within her own community? what do you think? Well done again peeps. Jenx