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From the lens when I lived in a Castle.

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  • MiaBellezza May 8, 2012 @ 9:11 am | delete
    Yes I wish I had asked more about my family history. Your family history is very interesting.
  • flicker Apr 25, 2012 @ 12:38 pm | delete
    Isn't it wonderful to learn about your family history! And thanks for sharing it with us.
  • Rankography Apr 21, 2012 @ 8:50 am | delete
    Really cool lens. Great history.
  • tvyps Apr 20, 2012 @ 3:30 am | delete
    Living through War is very difficult, I am glad you survived to bless us with your stories! Squid Angel blessed!
  • BiminiBahamas Apr 12, 2012 @ 12:06 pm | delete
    I really enjoyed your lens. interesting how peoples background differ so much!
  • Sharon Lloyd Cross Apr 10, 2012 @ 5:42 am | delete
    Loved your account of your roots, my great grandmother was Baroness Maria von Gross-Zauche (daughter of the German Consul to South West Africa known as Namibia) I seem to think she is linked somehow into the family, perhaps you can assist me if you any info. Kind regards, Sharon Lloyd Cross
  • TheLifestyleChanger Apr 3, 2012 @ 8:35 pm | delete
    I now fully appreciate your interest in geneology. What a fascinating and rich family history you have. I have visited Berlin many decades after the war and marveled at it's beauty and the ever present reminders of war so long afterwards. Blessings.
  • Ladymermaid Apr 3, 2012 @ 10:57 am | delete
    Your life totally and completely fascinates me. The daughter of a Baron, and one that was actually close to the real Red Baron, wow. I simply love your historic tales and what a wonderful method you have found to document them eternally.
  • SophiaStar Mar 30, 2012 @ 8:53 pm | delete
    What a wonderful and fascinating story thank you for sharing!
  • davespeed Mar 12, 2012 @ 6:02 pm | delete
    You have a fascinating story. I hope you do get to visit Gross Stein again some day. The picture of your father flying with the Red Baron is remarkable!
  • senditondown Mar 9, 2012 @ 2:16 am | delete
    Thank you for sharing a bit of your story. Very unique photos too.
  • Scriber1 Mar 5, 2012 @ 9:31 pm | delete
    I very much enjoy reading your lenses! You have such a fascinating family history, thanks for sharing yourself through your lenses. Brilliant job!
  • ---Chazz Feb 2, 2012 @ 2:38 pm | delete
    What an incredible life! Have you written a book about it yet? I am slowly working my way through all of your lenses - they are fascinating to read and your artwork is also a big draw (no pun intended.)
  • Tipi Jan 17, 2012 @ 9:15 pm | delete
    How wonderfully you have put this amazing part of your family history together....born a Baroness, lived in a castle...amazing parents for an amazing lady....blessed. I was captivated by the picture of your Dad with the Red Baron, you are indeed fortunate to have it.
  • CNelson01 Jan 17, 2012 @ 4:38 pm | delete
    Another amazing true story...thanks for sharing.
  • jeremykim2011 Jan 17, 2012 @ 2:25 am | delete
    That is why I love Squidoo! I get to meet interesting people and read all about their equally interesting lives. You are one of them!
  • Pennyseeker Jan 11, 2012 @ 3:24 am | delete
    Interesting lens!
  • KimGiancaterino Jan 5, 2012 @ 8:16 pm | delete
    You've had such an interesting life. Last week my husband and I were shopping at Costco and there was a huge display of Sunmaid raisin boxes. I kept telling him, "that's Delia!" How nice that the Internet has helped you reconstruct memories from your childhood. Gross Stein is a magical place ... more beautiful than ever.
  • tarpius Jan 5, 2012 @ 8:40 am | delete
    How is it like living in a castle? your majesty.
  • d-artist Jan 5, 2012 @ 10:08 am | delete
    Your Highness, it was dark! ;-)
  • oxfordian Dec 14, 2011 @ 6:24 pm | delete
    What an amazing life you have had so far -- and I imagine so much more is yet to come. I love reading your stories. Thank you so much for sharing them.
  • goo2eyes Dec 13, 2011 @ 2:51 pm | delete
    i hope you did not forget your german language. here is the link in german-have you read this already?
    http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_Stein
  • dellgirl Dec 7, 2011 @ 2:41 pm | delete
    What a beautiful tribute to your father! Love this tribute and the lens, thanks for sharing such a wonderful and touching story/history.

    Great lens you have here, Congratulations on making the latest 'MonsterBoard: Level 62!
  • favored1 Dec 2, 2011 @ 3:42 pm | delete
    What a lovely lens. I enjoyed your photos and story. I hope you can go back like you want to some day..All in God's timing. With God, all things are possible.
  • Linda Hensley Dec 1, 2011 @ 12:21 pm | delete
    Thankyou! I feel like I just vacationed here from your photo's and I just wish I could breath the air and taste the Bavarian breakfast you described! I was looking up the name Oskar Schultz because I have a pastel of Edelweis Flowers I bought from an estate sale in Milwaukee years ago. When I saw the pictures his son posted I couldn't believe what luck.
    I don't know the name of the pretty blue flowers in the picture but the backround is like mine. I think a movie should be made of your life. I am very happy I was able to read your story.
    Thank You! I will try to find a dealer in Garmisch on the net that would be interested in my picture as I would like to think the Edelweiss went home to rest back in this beautiful town.
    Linda Hensley
  • d-artist Dec 1, 2011 @ 7:13 pm | delete
    Linda, Thank You for the nice comment! I realize you were talking about the paintings on my "Garmisch" lens..this lens here is about another subject (castle) and you must have just come from the Garmisch page/lens. I find it fascinating that your painting could be an Oskar Schultz the father of my friend...I emailed him and told him, about the possibility the painting could be his fathers...I would love to see the painting. If you come back here to this lens maybe you can contact me at artbydelia 'at' charter.net
  • WeirdStuff Nov 29, 2011 @ 5:15 am | delete
    Fascinating life story!
  • stacyman Nov 22, 2011 @ 5:37 pm | delete
    What a colorful history and background you have. The house I live in now seems like a castle compared to some of the single-wide mobile homes I've lived in during my life. :)
  • WriterJanis Nov 9, 2011 @ 6:07 pm | delete
    Oh I love this lense! What a wonderful tribute.
  • Rafal Nov 3, 2011 @ 4:15 am | delete
    see my latest pics from another beautiful castle in Niedzica:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rafal_n/sets/72157627693944311/
  • SaintFrantic Nov 2, 2011 @ 6:36 pm | delete
    You are just amazing with all this stories and history.Thank you.
  • jksterling Oct 22, 2011 @ 1:43 pm | delete
    Fascinating history, thank you for this lens, I'd love to visit one day.
  • WaynesWorld Oct 9, 2011 @ 8:31 pm | delete
    What an interesting background.
  • workingmomwm Aug 28, 2011 @ 5:46 pm | delete
    How fascinating your life is! German baroness and SunMaid raisin girl. Kind of puts the rest of us to shame! Thank you for sharing your stories.
  • mivvy Jul 6, 2011 @ 5:15 am | delete
    fascinating reading and great photos
  • Yvonne McQuilkin (ne Strachwitz) Jul 4, 2011 @ 6:33 pm | delete
    Hi, I am a granddaughter of Count von Strachwitz.. My daughter found this online and forwarded the link to me. I am curious where you live. There seems to be a lot new interest around my grandfather, so I am learning more and more.
  • d-artist Jul 4, 2011 @ 7:20 pm | delete
    What a pleasant surprise! what a small world...I live in Wisconsin at this time.
  • Northbright Jun 18, 2011 @ 7:47 pm | delete
    I'm really fascinated by all that you related here. I can feel the pride you have for your parents and lineage/heritage. Wonderful lens.
  • sushilkin Jun 5, 2011 @ 11:10 pm | delete
    Nice Story. Thanks for sharing.
  • flycatcher Jun 3, 2011 @ 10:17 am | delete
    What a fascinating story - and great photographs! It's very exotic to us North Americans, you know! I had an elderly friend, a war bride from Scotland - she married a Canadian serviceman and came to Canada after WW2 - who grew up in a castle, as it happens. Well, not *in* the castle, exactly. Her father had been the head groundskeeper for the estate. I used to love hearing her stories. In the war time, they had to dig up all the lovely formal gardens to plant vegetables because of the rationing. Love the stories of times gone by, and especially when the stories are so personal. Thanks for sharing yours!
  • karmicchristian May 27, 2011 @ 7:56 am | delete
    Fascinating read. Truly awesome. Thanks for sharing and good day! :)
  • moonlitta May 17, 2011 @ 10:34 am | delete
    Beautiful pictures and wonderful story.
  • KonaGirl Apr 29, 2011 @ 1:11 pm | delete
    Very interesting story. Did your father escape from the Nazi army to come to America? Angel Blessed
  • ltraider Apr 18, 2011 @ 11:30 pm | delete
    What an amazing story!
  • confetta Apr 12, 2011 @ 11:21 am | delete
    FASCINATING! Thanks for sharing this story - I am enjoying reading through all of your lenses!
    ~c
  • Harshitha Apr 4, 2011 @ 2:33 am | delete
    This is really interesting... Raisin girl interested me a lot. Now this lens about you and Gross Stein is also so beautiful, especially the picture of your father, you and your twin sister.
  • DinosaurEgg Mar 21, 2011 @ 5:15 pm | delete
    I love bits of personal history like this that are being recorded for the future.
  • AngryBaker Mar 18, 2011 @ 12:02 am | delete
    love your lens... it made me think about my parents and what they went through. My father's father was the caretaker for the castle in Buldern after the war. The family still lives close to it.
  • WeddingZazzle Mar 16, 2011 @ 11:15 pm | delete
    Blessed by a SquidAngel :)
  • Phillyfreeze69 Mar 10, 2011 @ 5:00 pm | delete
    Great lens with all the historical significance of an era that had such a profound impact on our current lives(World War II was the war supposely to end all wars).

    The photo gallery on this lens and on Flickr are a splendid example of the immaculate restoration of the castle. Kamien Slaski, Poland looks so beautiful and tranquil...I especially like the landscaping(beautiful red flowers that accents the castles cream colored exterior...the interior photos of what I will call the "Great Room" with its gold leaf trim and Chandelier indicates the skill and love of the artisans who did such a magnificent job of restoring the castle to its beautiful pre-war days. The family crest has a date of 1779, so this is a significant historical date that makes one appreciate your association so very interesting.
  • Rafal Mar 8, 2011 @ 10:01 am | delete
    I was spent vacation in this castle of Krasiczyn: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rafal_n/2762944032/
  • d-artist Mar 8, 2011 @ 10:49 am | delete
    Rafal how lucky you are to be able to visit such beautiful old castles...the U.S. doesn't have that far back in time buildings and places to visit (except maybe Native American Items) Thanks for your visit!
  • Rafal Mar 8, 2011 @ 9:27 am | delete
    Thanks for your nice comment in Flickr. Gross Stein is now beautiful place with a lot of flowers and old trees. This castle/palce is now so beautiful ... specialy in spring or autumn.
  • Ruthi Feb 20, 2011 @ 8:17 am | delete
    A wonderful lens, telling more about you and your family. How awesome it would be if you could re-visit your castle.
  • TheLittleCardShop Feb 16, 2011 @ 3:22 pm | delete
    Wow fanstastic memories and story. It is great that even when you were so young you still keep memories from back then.
  • happynutritionist Jan 27, 2011 @ 4:36 pm | delete
    I stumbled on a year old comment you made to one of my lenses, and had to come visit again, it has been a while, the last lens I remember is the raisin girl lens, now this! What a life you have lived, and we share many things in common from your bio...the important things of Life<>
  • BigGirlBlue Jan 26, 2011 @ 7:17 pm | delete
    How wonderful would it be to visit again! You would have to make a point of having another photo of you taken on those stairs. Wonderful story.
  • hunksparrow Jan 22, 2011 @ 7:10 am | delete
    Another wonderful story. You sure have been living an amazing life. Thank you for sharing it on your lenses.
  • littlelu Nov 13, 2010 @ 7:36 pm | delete
    You sure have a very interesting and exciting life! I have enjoyed reading about your different adventures.
    Thank you for visiting my Aluminum Christmas Tree lens and for the lensroll. I checked out your christmas tree page and lensrolled you as well. Thanks again!
  • almawad Nov 10, 2010 @ 3:32 am | delete
    So many families lost much things during the war . I am trying to write down my dad's story - the 6 year old boy nearly freezing to death during carpet bombings in Hungary -but all of it is still so painful so traumatic - that it is very difficult to share it ....
    My Grandpa was an excellent musician - and thus he had a job at a Hungarian palace , before WWII as a private organist - so my aunties also lived some years in a Palace :)
  • d-artist Nov 10, 2010 @ 6:57 am | delete
    Yes I have many stories like that as well...Oh I do hope you get to write your story about your dad, it can be cathartic.
  • stargazer00 Oct 14, 2010 @ 12:23 pm | delete
    You have a very interesting family history! So cool that you still have some of your family photos.
  • thesuccess Oct 13, 2010 @ 6:35 pm | delete
    We lived for six years in Germany in the 1990's we were there when the wall fell and have many wonderful memories. You have actually "touched" history, and you know nobody questioned their parents enough about the past before it was too late.
  • elizajane202 Oct 7, 2010 @ 4:59 am | delete
    Wonderful story, what a life you have led and you have such great history in it. I can only imagine how much you admire or love history at this point. I look forward to reading more.
  • EditorDave Oct 6, 2010 @ 10:52 pm | delete
    Fascinating story! Definitely worthy of being added to your memoirs -- your family history. I've liked, favorited, thumbs-upped, and lensrolled your great lens!
  • charlino Oct 4, 2010 @ 12:55 pm | delete
    " . . .funny how you think things aren't important when you are young, but family history is what makes you...genetics is ingrained whether you realize it or not. Eventhough it does not change things in my life, it does complete it knowing my families past . . ."

    You are so right. I feel exactly the same way. Each of us are elements in time that make us a part of history. This is a beautiful tribute to your heritage.
  • missbat Sep 29, 2010 @ 2:38 am | delete
    How absolutely fascinating! Thank you for sharing your story!
  • Marelisa Sep 17, 2010 @ 9:01 pm | delete
    Wow, a baroness! You're absolutely right, very few people can say they've lived in a castle. One of the things I most enjoy doing when I travel to Europe is visiting the old palaces and castles. It's great that you remember living there.
  • jaktraks Sep 16, 2010 @ 5:47 pm | delete
    What an interesting lens!
  • d-artist Sep 17, 2010 @ 9:56 am | delete
    sorry to say this comment got lost in Squidoodom on 8/11/10 :
    I'm a Codona and Alfredo Codona etc ('The Thee Codonas) were some of my relatives. Fascinating story, thanks for sharing !.

    Delia here...I would love to get a hold of you Codona!
  • whitemoss Sep 16, 2010 @ 3:02 am | delete
    You really have had an interesting life! Fascinating reading- blessed by an Angel and added to may Angel lens.
  • Peregrina Sep 10, 2010 @ 5:43 pm | delete
    Wow! That's an amazing story.
  • CDT Sep 10, 2010 @ 4:52 am | delete
    Goodness - not everyone gets to live in a castle - but most people don't have to live through a terrible war! I really enjoyed reading about your father and your childhood.and I hope that one day you will get to visit "your" castle and sit on those steps again :) Blessed by a SquidAngel :)
  • spunkyduckling Sep 8, 2010 @ 3:03 pm | delete
    Short and sweet. Wow! 11 languages for one person to speak is quite a lot. Wonder what is the world record breaker of languages. Thank you for sharing a part of your family history with me. :)
  • Marijoyce Sep 8, 2010 @ 9:47 am | delete
    I love your stories and I love seeing your photos. Always something so interesting. Thanks for sharing this.
  • aesta1 Sep 5, 2010 @ 10:12 pm | delete
    What a fascinating story. We also have a friend who was a baron and their place which they don't own now is around the Gdansk. We have only seen pictures and although we went to the Gdansk, we were not able to go and visit. I never thought I would read another story.
  • ChrisDay Aug 15, 2010 @ 10:10 pm | delete
    What a wonderful story, from such an intense period of history - thanks for enriching us.
  • Jul 15, 2010 @ 9:15 pm | delete
    HI, Baroness, What an incredible and exciting family history you have. I've added it to the lensroll of my lens about the South Carolina home that I lived in as a young child, thanks!
  • Karan_Ann Jun 11, 2010 @ 12:12 am | delete
    What a facinatingly rich history. Thank you so much for shaing it with us. Wonderful pictures!
  • gluten-free-nomad Apr 19, 2010 @ 2:25 am | delete
    Hi Delia, fascinating lens!

    We have some things in common. I don't have a red baron or stunt mother in my history, but my great grandmother grew up in a castle in Germany where her father was a forester (actually more of a sheriff role). She later eloped with a musician and came to the US. I still have the violin he played.

    The castle, like yours, is now an inn where you can visit- it's called Hirschorn Am Nekar. I hope to visit someday...and perhaps make a lens about it.

    Thanks for the lens, I'll have to look up your castle when I get around to castle hunting! 5*
  • eclecticeducation Mar 26, 2010 @ 12:51 am | delete
    Goodness! What a history. It's amazing the people you can meet here on Squidoo! lol!!! Great lens. Blessed by an Angel.
  • momto4 Mar 20, 2010 @ 3:51 pm | delete
    Fascinating story! And I love all the pictures! Looks like an interesting place to live or to visit!
  • Kenny Codona Aug 11, 2010 @ 2:47 pm | delete
    I'm a Codona and Alfredo Codona etc ('The Thee Codonas) were some of my relatives. Fascinating story, thanks for sharing !.
  • vallain Mar 10, 2010 @ 6:17 pm | delete
    How fortunate that you've been able to save these memories and momentos of your family heritage.
  • grannysage Feb 24, 2010 @ 4:37 pm | delete
    You have such a fascinating history and you take it all in stride. I agree that we don't ask enough questions when we are young. I got so tired of hearing my Mom talk about where she grew up. Now I have questions and very few answers, although luckily my mom's family were featured in some books.

    This is a great story and I hope your children are taking notes.
  • lakshyaa Feb 13, 2010 @ 3:14 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens, well narrated!
  • lynic141257 Feb 4, 2010 @ 8:31 pm | delete
    A really Interesting Lens and what a Beautiful Castle.
    I agree our past History is so important to all of us.
    Thank You for sharing yours.
    A very well deserved 5*.
  • Light-in-me Feb 4, 2010 @ 6:32 pm | delete
    Hello,
    This is a fascinating and very interesting lens, I love castles. I will check out some more of your family history lenses as soon as I get a chance. :)
    Thanks for sharing,
    Robin
  • WordCustard Jan 29, 2010 @ 12:12 pm | delete
    Hi, I came back to say thank you for inviting me to view your family history lenses. I don't know if you spotted it, but this one (which I love!) has been featured on the Best True-Life Family History stories which I published a couple of months ago. I'm looking forward to seeing your others -- you and your family have such a fascinating past!
  • d-artist Jan 29, 2010 @ 1:34 pm | delete
    how very nice of you...many Thanks! it is truly appreciated...and Thanks for coming back...let me know what you think of the new family history lenses I juct published
  • WordCustard Feb 15, 2010 @ 1:36 pm | delete
    No problem, I adore these type of lenses. Keep making them and I will keep reading them! :-)
  • eccles1 Nov 11, 2009 @ 8:21 pm | delete
    What family history you have !!
  • WeddingZazzle Nov 9, 2009 @ 4:45 pm | delete
    Very interesting. Imagine living there today :)
  • WordCustard Nov 4, 2009 @ 2:17 am | delete
    Wow... this is one of the most fascinating lenses I've come across. No wonder you are researching your family history, you certainly have an interesting one! 5*
  • Ramkitten Oct 26, 2009 @ 10:44 pm | delete
    How interesting! And I love the photos.
  • natnickeep Aug 31, 2009 @ 7:24 pm | delete
    Very interesting lens!!! Beautiful photos also.
  • Jun 17, 2009 @ 10:16 am | delete
    A highly informative and great page on the topic. Thanks for sharing and five stars.
  • FantasyDesigns Apr 2, 2009 @ 6:40 pm | delete
    This is awesome! Thank you for sharing! 5 *'s.
  • Janet Mar 21, 2009 @ 9:05 am | delete
    Extraordinary topic... your dad really knew the Red Baron! Impressive bit of history.. 5*
  • RustyM62 Mar 19, 2009 @ 7:38 pm | delete
    Great lens ,wonderful stories, I love castles and hope to visit one day. 5 stars!
  • PosterChildSmile Jan 25, 2009 @ 1:43 am | delete
    I would love to visit a castle, so I really liked looking around and reading. You are an interesting person and must have a lot more good stuff to share.
  • marsha32 Nov 26, 2008 @ 8:45 pm | delete
    very very interesting, thanks so much for sharing with us.
  • AndyPo Nov 8, 2008 @ 10:35 am | delete
    What an interesting lens (5*)
  • papawu Nov 4, 2008 @ 2:42 am | delete
    Wow Delia! You, my Lady, have led an incredible life thus far and I imagine you have quite a few adventures left. You're starting to sound like a female Forest Gump! lol. I envy your experiences and hope to read a great deal more about you in the future. Just a thought, have you ever considered writing a memoir?
  • Billco Oct 30, 2008 @ 2:02 pm | delete
    Interesting family history. That photo of you father with the Red Baron --- WOW!!!
  • DrRichard Oct 27, 2008 @ 12:08 pm | delete
    That's some amazing history! 5 stars...
  • JanaMurray Oct 15, 2008 @ 9:02 pm | delete
    Wow, what an amazing heritage you have. I happen to live in the city of Asheville, we have a famous "castle" called the Biltmore House.
  • kathysart Oct 8, 2008 @ 11:21 pm | delete
    Ohhh my goodness this is just a 'glorious' lens! I just adore it!
    FIVE STARS FOR SURE!
    Aloha, Kathy
  • CraigMiller Sep 22, 2008 @ 7:00 pm | delete
    What an amazing history and story. I feel like I've met someone straight out of the history books. You should definitely write a book!
    5*'s
  • EricStifel Sep 22, 2008 @ 6:16 pm | delete
    Wow, castles, the "Red Barron", and being involved with movies and famous people, what exciting heritage you come from. Thanks for sharing such personal details from your past.
  • JaguarJulie Sep 5, 2008 @ 9:58 am | delete
    Oh my! I am unduly impressed and touched to read your remarkable story. Have you written a book yet and colorized it added some of your pictures? I would buy it! We've had the opportunity to visit a number of castles during our European vacations -- I've counted those as my very best experiences. You are indeed a remarkable person. I'm so honored to have been able to read your story! 5***** and blessings.
  • dc64 Sep 2, 2008 @ 12:38 pm | delete
    What a story! Thanks for sharing some of your life with us. This is a great site to lensroll to my Living in Bavaria lens. 5 stars and a favorite!
  • MsMorrison Sep 2, 2008 @ 2:01 am | delete
    Great family history you have! Thanks for sharing! Great lens!
  • EverythingMouse Sep 2, 2008 @ 12:20 am | delete
    What an amazing family history. I hope that you can visit it again some day,
  • rms Sep 1, 2008 @ 2:14 pm | delete
    Wow! Not many people can say they lived in a castle. You're very lucky!
  • Aug 24, 2008 @ 11:05 pm | delete
    im happy to hear you live in a castle. you somehow inspire me reading your lens. your one of my favorite actually:)

    if you have time you can visit too on my lens its a fine jewelry! thanks
  • chefkeem Jul 23, 2008 @ 6:15 pm | delete
    Vielen Dank fuer den Besuch von meiner "Eltern" Lense. Ich habe jetzt auch eine Lense ueber Berlin gemacht: "The Berlin Wall falls". Alles Gute, Frau Baronin.
  • BethErickson Jul 16, 2008 @ 10:58 pm | delete
    all girls wanted to live in a castle and be a princess :) this is just so nice.
  • grassosalvato86 Jul 3, 2008 @ 4:57 am | delete
    Hello!
    The Gross Stein Castle looks nice!! I'd like to visit it if I could. Lovely lens! 5 stars
  • richgerman Jul 1, 2008 @ 12:35 am | delete
    i like the Red Baron keep it up! nice post! 5 stars!
  • VetFriends Jun 23, 2008 @ 6:52 am | delete
    Very cool lens, you and your family led quite a life! My family also hails from Germany (The Klekamps) but they had left Germany to come to a large German Immigrant American City (Cincinnati) by 1895 or so. I am also happy your husband enjoyed our site vetfriends.com! Keep up the great work with the lens's, you have some of my favorites
  • funwithtrains May 8, 2008 @ 10:30 pm | delete
    Nice Lens! 5 stars and a favorite from me! Please visit my Marklin Trains lens.
  • JohannTheDog Apr 25, 2008 @ 7:40 am | delete
    I just love this lens and I love castles! Thanks for stopping by my lens! Woofs, Johann
  • chefkeem Mar 1, 2008 @ 9:59 pm | delete
    5*s for this highly interesting lens on your family story. Vielen Dank for 5-starring my "Weenie" lens.
    Hugs, Chef Keem
  • chefkeem Feb 28, 2008 @ 10:26 pm | delete
    Hallo, Baroness - danke fuer die wunderschoenen Lensen!
    Alles Gute,
    Achim
  • LeslieBrenner Feb 17, 2008 @ 10:16 am | delete
    Fascinating story! If this helps your research, I found this about Count von Strachwitz's anti-Nazi activity here, see reference to him at the end of the bibliography. Also found this: "POLTAVA
    Another plot to assassinate Hitler was hatched at Army Group B Headquarters at Walki near Poltava in the Ukraine. This time the conspirators were General Hubert Lanz, his Chief of Staff, Major-General Dr. Hans Speidel and Colonel Count von Strachwitz, the commanding officer of the Grossdeutschland Tank Regiment. The plan was to arrest Hitler on his anticipated visit to Army Group B in the spring of 1943. Hitler, at the last minute, changed his mind and instead decided to visit his forces fighting in Saporoshe further east."
  • Susan52 Jan 23, 2008 @ 10:59 am | delete
    My goodness, another intersting story. What an interesting life you and your family have lived. How nice that you are documenting these things and sharing them here for us on Squidoo!
  • Nathanville Jan 3, 2008 @ 5:49 am | delete
    A fascinating life, you may be interested in visiting BRITANNIA which features a number of castles and which may bring back many happy memories.
  • poutine Dec 20, 2007 @ 3:12 pm | delete
    Quite a story to tell your grandchildren. Rating 5.

    poutine
  • NAIZA Sep 30, 2007 @ 8:18 pm | delete
    Amazing story you had! I never thought that I would came to know a person like you who really live in a castle..Thank you for sharing these wonderful part of your life.. 5 stars for you!
  • Gatsby Sep 19, 2007 @ 7:27 pm | delete
    5* You are right! Most of us cannot say we have lived in a castle! Solve Dog Behavior Problems
  • DogWhisperWoman Sep 19, 2007 @ 12:39 pm | delete
    You have an awesome story! 5* /www.squidoo.com/bestdogforchild/"> Dog Whisper Woman
  • Signhappy Sep 18, 2007 @ 7:33 pm | delete
    Love your lens. Wouldn't it be great to find more of your father's photos. Sounds as though you've got an interesting family.
  • kathysart Sep 17, 2007 @ 12:58 pm | delete
    ~~*~~

    Facinating.. 5 STARS! Germany, such a lovely country.
    Hawaiian Travel|Hawaiian Fun Food
    http://www.squidoo.com/hawaiianartprints/

    Aloha, Kathy
    ~~*~~
  • Forgiven Aug 6, 2007 @ 3:54 pm | delete
    Wow! Amazing story!
    Thanks for taking me there in my mind. 5 stars.

    p.s. Charles Stanley is one of my favs also, as well as Max Lucado and James Macdonald.

    God bless,
    Scott
  • Senora_M Jul 27, 2007 @ 9:25 pm | delete
    Wow, unbelieveable! That's amazing. Thanks for sharing your story. :) 5*s
  • CliveAnderson Jul 22, 2007 @ 3:18 pm | delete
    There is some highly interesting information here. Certainly is a really great lens. Better yet is its usefulness. I'm surprised I've not seen it on the SQUIDOO Zone in my Free Forum. 5 Stars, Clive Anderson.
    http://www.squidoo.com/PostYourAdFree/
  • Janusz Jul 1, 2007 @ 11:40 am | delete
    Wow! brilliant Lens. Im often in Berlin, beautiful City... thanks for visiting my Lens.

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Yes, I can say that I actually lived in a Castle, even though for a short time, it still was so.
Really how many people can say that? more »

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