My Story!

By Gisele Davis

My Story! is a book I've written about my life experiences and how I went through all the hardship of being a wife and a mother. I was born on a cold February day back in the year 1927. That was in Germany, a small town along a major railroad line. The name of the town was Fuerstenfelde.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Feb 26, 2014
• ISBN: 9781490728803

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I was born on a cold February day back in the year 1927. That was in Germany, a small town along a major railroad line. The name of the town was Fuerstenfelde. Here is some historical information on the town of Fuerstenfelde.

Fürstenfeld is located ten kilometers east of the Oder. Küstrin is located 23 miles south.

Fürstenfeld was founded in 1252. 1253 Fürstenfeld came to Brandenburg. In the 14th Century there were various names for Fürstenfeld: Förstennfelde, Fürstenveld, Prince Velde, Vörstenfeld5. 1305 Fürstenfeld was read oppidum (town) called. 1445-1454 Prince field came to the Teutonic Order. During the Thirty Years’ War, Fürstenfeld severely damaged and killed 50 percent of the population. Only in the 18th Developed century prince in field craft and agriculture. The rail connection to the route Szczecin Küstrin is just outside the city.

In 1939 1.531 inhabitants lived in Fürstenfeld. Prince field was 31 January 1945 by the Soviet army occupied and on 2 February 1945 to the Polish administration passed. The German population of Fürstenfeld was then expelled by the Polish administration.

The reason I mention the railroad line is because my dad was working for the German railroad. The line went from Stettin to Frankfurt on the Oder River and beyond. My dad was a gateman. In Germany, at that time in the country, where ever there were crossings across the railroad tracks the, gates were closed manually.

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My dad in his uniform

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The building above me is where my dad operated the gate

I don’t remember much about my first 6 years of my life, therefore I will talk about my parents, mostly my dad. I don’t know how my parents met, it was never told to me. I know my dad grew up with his grandparents, why I don’t know. His parents were never mentioned. He served in the First World War and lost his left leg below the knee on the last day of the war, Nov 11, 1918. His lost leg was replaced with an artificial limb. He was really doing well. Of course we did not have a car that was not as common over there as it is in America. He did have a motorcycle, but more about that later.

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This is my dad’s motorcycle

After the war he trained to be a butcher but instead, ended up working for the railroad. My mother came from a big family. She had 3 sisters and a brother. I met all my aunts, but never my uncles. My grandparents on my mother’s side lived in Mohrin.

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This was my grand-parents house in Mohrin

I really don’t know what my grandfather did for a living.

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This is a picture of my Oma

I used to go to their house during school vacations and had a nice girlfriend there. She was a year younger than me and we hung around together during our school years. Here is some historical information on the town of Mohrin, which had a big lake.

Ethiopian is Ethiopian on the lake and the river Schlibbe. The Schlibbe is a tributary of the Oder. The lake is 3.62 square meters Ethiopian with his depth of 58.5 meters is the deepest lake in the Pomeranian Lake District.

On the western shore of Lake Moor was on a peninsula was once a prehistoric fortress, built in place of Markgraf Otto V. Stolz was about 1365. The existence of this second castle was of short duration; already in 1399 it was again deserted.

The formation time of the peninsula south of the city of is unknown. As founder of the Knights of Barmenstede Otto is considered, which gave 1265 the patronage