The reference to the jubilarian came from florida: "walter schramm, a friend of ours, will die on the 10th anniversary of his death. May 90 years old, wrote heidrun tommasi and sam hamontree to the coburger tageblatt. The overview of schramm’s curriculum vitae they gave aroused curiosity: at the age of 15, the german was captured by the russians and later found work with the american military in bamberg. With the help of an officer, he came to the U.S. In 1953, where he became a helicopter pilot. Two tours of duty in vietnam brought him high honors.

This is how it all began

"Yes, that’s all true", schramm confirmed on request last thursday. His life story, which the rustic war veteran then describes in a personal interview lasting over 90 minutes, was to last for two lifetimes. Born in 1930 in bautzen, saxony, schramm experienced the consequences of the bombing of dresden firsthand as a 14-year-old in 1945. "A shock, so schramm. From school, the young man was assigned to disaster service and suffered from fume poisoning. After the end of the siege of his hometown by the russians, he and many of his peers were integrated into the volkssturm. "At 14, they put us in barracks, trained us on infantry weapons and showed us how to push on tanks", he describes and adds: "today’s youth can’t even imagine that." The atrocities he himself experienced on children were to be increased when, on 19. He was taken prisoner by the russians on april 1945, had to march to sagan in silesia and was interned in the camp there. Even today, he can still hear the screams of the officers who were harassed there by former concentration camp prisoners. "I’m sometimes surprised that all the things I’ve experienced haven’t left me with any lasting damage.", says schramm looking back.

Premiere for the zeil hobby caricaturist klaus strobel – on the occasion of the city's anniversary, his works can now also be seen in an exhibition in the zeil city library. The city and the folkshochschule invite you to the opening for thursday, 1. March, at 7 pm.
According to the volkshochschule, klaus strobel has found his own style with his colorful figures and motifs and, in most cases, processes his own experiences. So it happens that some of those depicted with pen and brush recognize themselves in some of the pictures – completely overdrawn, of course.

Always a few pens at hand

For curious stories and striking character traits he always has a sheet of paper and a few pencils at hand, which he then works out calmly with genuine franken humor and mischievousness. The topics that concern him range from health, sports, vacations, everyday events in front of the house to the wide world and up to the 1000-year celebration of his hometown.
The exhibition with caricatures by klaus strobel is open until 7. April during the opening hours of the city library in zeil to visit.

Felix schwager from etzelskirchen celebrated his 95th birthday last tuesday in the best of health. Birthday. Since 1980 he has lived in the house of his daughter regina essler. His wife johanna, a native of quittkat, died in 2010.

He was born in 1924 in kranichfeld. His mother died when he was four years old, and his grandparents, ernst and martha schwager, raised him like parents. After eight years of elementary school, he learned to be a saddler, upholsterer and decorator. No sooner was he finished than he had to go off to war in 1942. "I was with the fourth armored division on the eastern front for three years and twice I was slightly wounded", he remembers. In 1945 he was taken prisoner by the english and interned in holstein. "I met a friend there who was from etzelskirchen. It was andreas ganzmann. He persuaded me to give his address, and that’s how I came to etzelskirchen."

The federal government expects a weaker economy this year – but the situation on the labor market and the development of incomes will remain stable.

The unemployment rate is expected to fall to 4.9 percent, while the number of employees will continue to rise, according to the government’s annual economic report, which was presented on wednesday.

Management, several companions, family and many more – the number of those who came to pay tribute to kora hahn in the festival hall was enormous. And this did not come by chance, because 29 years of medical work at the district hospital obermain, of which 23 years as chief physician of the clinic for internal rheumatology, are already a reference. The "chief physician of stature and stature" although she relinquishes the management, she continues to work three times a week in the outpatient rheumatology department in kutzenberg.

In his speech, senior medical director thomas kallert referred to kora hahn’s long vita.

The military and warriors association kaltensondheim 1911 elected a new board at its general meeting. The members confirmed the previous chairman wolfgang hunder as well as the secretary heinrich murr in office under the election guidance of the district chairman of the bavarian soldiers’ association wilhelm kohler.

As in the previous election period, the position of deputy chairman could not be filled despite an intensive search. In writing, treasurer bernhard wehr had let the assembly know that after 41 years in office, he would no longer be a candidate for health reasons and would give up his office.

Last friday, martina stamm-fibich, member of the federal parliament, encouraged the delegates of the erlangen-hochstadt district association to vote in the opposite direction: "a 100 percent election result is not always good", she said. And added with a smile: "i admit, i have martin-schulz-trauma." Nevertheless, she was unanimously nominated as the only candidate for the office of district administrator.

"She is a real french girl", melitta schon, oldburg champion of heroldsberg, explained in a warm-hearted greeting. "She can listen, and is at home in the countryside. She knows the life in a village community, where you still dig each other. I meet them everywhere, at church fairs, fire department festivals and at our strabenfest in heroldsberg. She is committed to good health care, not least through the hospital in hochstadt."

Exactly where the eggs went, how much and whether any of it ended up in trade will have to be determined by listing intermediaries and end users, a spokesman for the agriculture ministry in hanover said on saturday. But there is no immediate danger to health from eating eggs contaminated with pcbs (polychlorinated biphenyls). Extensive investigations are underway to determine the cause, with initial results expected next week. Producer was an organic free-range farm with 18,000 laying hens in oldenburg county.

A discounter based in bavaria had discovered the contamination of the eggs during a check of its goods. PCB levels exceeded the EU’s permitted level by 100 percent. However, a spokeswoman for the bavarian state office for health and food safety said that this product had not been delivered to bavaria itself. The control was already carried out on 7. The results of the extensive analyses, however, were not available until april 30. April ahead.