Here's an interesting pic I just received,
OMG Mike......where on earth did you find that!!!! It's Ancient!!
Lets just say a close friend gave me a few scans and threatened to shoot me if I posted any of them online.... So I will wait until he see's this one first... the rest will stay in their folders for the time being,,,,, image21
ABSOLUTELY BRILL MIKE,YOU NEVER AMAZE TO DELIVER BOET
My Dad has loads of the old Suid Wes stamps and post cards will get them out and post them
goodness me, that looks like a "Heil Hitler" on the bottom left.
Is that card signed by one Zietsmann. The policeman in the 1950's was a sarge Zietsmann. The police station was at the gate that went to the mines and Luderitz.
Interesting, never knew this..... Georg, analyze the card, read the german writing, can it be?
actually it looks like Sussmann with an umlaut on the 'u'.
Interesting thats how my maiden name was spelt Bohme with the umlat. My father changed it to Boehme at a later stage. As I've mention before loads of photo's of my grandfather's of this time and area around 1920's. He was Paul Bohme. Leon you must realy pop over and we can go through what I've got and you can see what is relevent. Who knows what we find amongst it.
I certainly shall try and pop in and have a look at the photo's. I take it then that your grandfather is an ex Kolmankopper?
Dear Mr. Hans
Many thanks for your card from the 15.2.39
Have written to Mr Ernst Böhme that you told me about the Battery
I will still thank you personnaly for all things connected to that
Regards G.N Süssmann
Heil Hitler
Thanks Georg, I thought the name looked more like a sussmann.....
you've lost me here Mike?
If one looks at the signature on the bottom right, the german style of writing, I find it difficult to make out the authors name, somebody who is familiar with the german language would be have been able to read it better....
Quote from: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on February 22, 2009, 08:30:50 PM
Interesting thats how my maiden name was spelt Bohme with the umlat. My father changed it to Boehme at a later stage. As I've mention before loads of photo's of my grandfather's of this time and area around 1920's. He was Paul Bohme. Leon you must realy pop over and we can go through what I've got and you can see what is relevent. Who knows what we find amongst it.
Hi Sis
Didn't Oupa Paul come over from Germany when Dad was 4 yrs old that would make it 1937
Alfred this was before he married Ouma. He then went back to Germany married,and came over to Cape Town when dad was 4.
Very interesting, lets have more
Georg actually says the name is Sussmann (umlaut on u)
Quote from: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on February 23, 2009, 09:55:14 PM
Alfred this was before he married Ouma. He then went back to Germany married,and came over to Cape Town when dad was 4.
OK