Transcription: Linke Seite   man an, daß Malborghet gerade so lange den Ansturm aufhalten  könne, bis eben Reserven kämen und eventuell bei Goggau ein weiterer Widerstand organisiert werden könne.  Wenn man überhaupt so weit dachte!  Ging doch das Denken überhaupt so weit, daß angeblich über Wunsch vom Ministerium des Äußern 2 Tage vor der  Kriegserklärung der Gipfel des Mittagskofels, der das ganze Tal beherrscht von unserm Militär geräumt wurde, "um die Italiener nicht zu reizen".  Rechte Seite   Aber da bin ich vom eigentlichen Thema abgekommen.  Zuerst wollte ich mit Euch am 12. Mai abreisen, aber da Vater die Trennung gar so schwer wurde, schoben wir den Termin bis zum 20.  hinaus, angeblich der neue Zeitpunkt für die Kriegserklärung.  Auch sollte  ...  diesem Tag der Zugsverkehr gesperrt werden.  Diese Woche verging wie im Flug mit Ordnen und Einpacken.  Man  war ja wie im Fieber.  Und ich muß sagen, daß im ganzen späteren Krieg, welbst als Vater einmal ganz hinaus in die  Bergfront sollte, oder als Tarvis wirklich beschoßen wurden, mir nichts annähernd

Transcription: 8                THE IMMIGRANT CURRENT ATTITUDES ON NEW IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION Discussion regarding immigration and immigration legislation is not yet at an  end. Those persons who were under the impressions that with the passage of the new Immigration Act of 1924 the question of immigration legislation would, for some time to come at least, be laid at rest, must realize now that certain phases of the problem still remain unsolved. For even in this short session of Congress which convened last moth, the subject has again been broached by the introduction of a vitally important resolution to relieve the situation of the stranded transmigrants in the European ports.  Joint Resolution to Admit Holders of Old Visas Long before July 1, 1924, the American Consuls in the various ports of Eu

Transcription: Top: CARTE POSTALE Right side: ADRESSE Miss F Morgan c/o Mrs  Eivers  8 Statopm Road Monmouth Left side: CORRESPONDANCE 28.9.1916 My dear F. Many thanks for letter received last night. Pleased to hear you were quite well as it leaves me, we are going our way. The weather is lovely with best wishes  V kind regards George

Transcription: JOINT WAR COMMITTEE. BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY.                     THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM IN ENGLAND.                                                                Headquarters B.R.C.S.,                                     A.P.O   3,                                         B.E.F. Please reply to D. of T.   and Quote No. WHSD/KL.                                                  TRANSPORT DEPT.

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Transcription: Thomas John Worth Born 9th March 1890 (year uncertain) Draftsman at Hadfields. Married Annie Hill April 1915; lived at Empire Road, Sharrow. Enlisted with York and Lancs regiment. Became sergeant. Killed on the Somme, 8th July 1916. Postcard, probably late 1914 Transcript of message: 43 Burcroft Rd, Sheffield. My Dear F[ather], I was pleased to hear from you. I am still in Sheffield. We don't know when we shall move. I have been out camping at Totley Range 4 days during which time we were firing. I have passed the recruits test & I qualified for X1 guns in the trained soldiers test but I failed. We had to make 65 & I made 50. One day I made 19 out of 20 at 200 yds. We had the Bisley targets, kaki [sic] one [?] on a green background. We have been having route marches 10 to 12 miles a day. The whole Battn are coming home this weekend to fire. We have been inoculated again for typhoid fever in the Right arm. Can you find me on the PPC. I am the left hand of the top row. I have heard from Hilda2 this week. I was pleased to hear the Barnsley Y & L had offered you your old post back. I should take it on if APW will let you go back.3 If you would like a new drill book I can get you one from Sheffield. It is published by the War Office, it is 6d. It is called Infantry training. It is the latest out published 11 Aug 1914. You asked me about your overcoat. We have only got that brown one here which you left last time. It is fawn coloured. I am just going to send a PPC to Hilda & MissB4. Mrs H5 & all at 43 wished to be remember [sic] to you so does Annie & all at 117. We shall be off to France sometime I believe, but I will let you know anything we get officially as there are no end of rumours here. Well, I hope you are keeping well. Please remember me to all. I remain your loving son Tom. Enclosed find Honours won by the (Hallamshire) Y & L Reg. 1  Can't explain this! 2  Hilda was his younger sister 3  His father was nearly 50, and worked as a butler, APW was his employer. 4  Miss B was Agnes Barnard, who married Tom's father in 1915. 5  Mrs H was the mother of Annie Hill, who married Tom in 1915. 1 Large cross here - meaning ...? 2 His sister 3 His father Tom had fought in the Boer War, and was invalided home with typhus. In 1914 he was 50. APW was Mr Woodruffe, for whom he worked as butler at Silkstone. 4 Agnes Barnard, who married Tom Worth senior at Easter 1915. 5 Mrs Hill, mother of Annie, whom Tom junior married in April 1915.

Transcription: [We passed] COMPIEGNE [and found out later that] about a mile in our rear was attacked at dawn, L Battery H [indecipherable] getting knocked out. We moved just in time, but did not know how near we were to be out up, until later. [Arrived] at 6:30 p.m. and I went to sleep by my saddle, [later] we were aroused by alarm at 11:30 p.m. [We were asked] to move, for [the] Engineers were waiting to blow up the bridge. We got across, just in time and up went the bridge. [The] German Cavalry were very close, [so] we marched through the night and halted on the roadside about 3:00 a.m. In less than a minute I was sound asleep on a friendly heap of stones. Up again, marching again, how I longed for a sleep - anywhere. COntinued retirement reached MEAUX at 5:30 a.m. September 2nd Marched via VARREDDES, GERMINGNY8, abd vuvouacked near JOUARRE, [it was a] long and weary march - very hot. September 3rd Halted nearly add day east of SAMMERON [where] the rear guard was slighlty engaged - weather hot. September 4th MArched to COULOMMIERS, [and] bivouacked early. [I was able to] washed my underclothing.49 __________________________ 8Perhaps is now known as Germingny-sous-Coulombs 58

Transcription: Excelda primarily produced automotive polishes; one of its main customers was Ford Motor Comapny. As was common with many enterprises prior to World War 1, I, in order to meet the growing needs of a country at war, my grandfather converted the business to a tool and die shop. For a time, the facility manufactured parts for a military bomber being assembled in Detroit's Willow Run Airport. Excelda continues to be owned and managed by family members, retaining Ford Motor Comapny as an important customer.   Fred participated in Memorial Day Parades in Detrot for several years until his military uniform shrank in direct proportion to his body mass. Figure 21 shows Fred leading one of the parades he participated in. Fgure 22 is a photograph of Fred, who is located in the lower right of the ohiti, with other war veterans before or after one of the Memorial Day parades.   To the best of my knowledge, there were at least two occasions when my grandparents returned in London to visit relatives. But to my knowledge he never took advantage of these opportunites to fulfill his promise. I do not recll anyone in the family discussing my grandfather tell anyone about his war experiences. The box of mementos is my only link to this phase of my grandfather's life.   I was thirteen when my grandfather died of  lung cancer in 1960. The doctors attributed this fatality to damaging gas exposure during the war, combined with cigarette smoking. My grandmother remained with us for a few more years, at which point she was laif to rest alongside my grandfather, in a small cemetery in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Transcription: item 28                                                     -  22  -  ten (viele waren schon voraus), dann standen schon etliche Gulaschkanonen und Sanitätswagen drin herum. Erst als die Artillerie schoss, gings raus, da bahnte sich jeder einen Weg, wie es ging, es gab ein grosses Durcheinander, eine richtige Flucht. Unsere Kompagnie blieb noch gut beisam- men, die Offiziere waren eine Weile abhanden gekommen, und so ließ eben ein Unteroffizier ein Stück vor dem Ort 6/113 halten und bald war alles beisammen, während viele einzeln und gruppenweise herumirrten. "wo ist 3/170?, wo II/114? u.s.w. Wir lagen so auf beiden Seiten der Strasse, jeder machte sichs so bequem als möglich, denn es fing an leicht zu regnen. Beleuchtung gaben verschiedene Brände in der Um- gebung, woran man allmählich gewöhnt war. Aber hier wars doch etwas besonders. In. St. Barbe wurde der Brand iRmer grösser und es wurde an verschiedenen Stellen angezündet und schon zogen auch die Einwohner mit Bündeln und langsamen Ochsenwagen an uns vorbei. Dann kam ein Arzt von der 114ner zum Oberleutnant und bat um einige Freiwillige zum  Suchen von verwundeten Offizieren, wie ich nachher merkte, in St. Barbe. Ich ging mit 6 anderen mit. Es war bald zu merken, dassLder Arzt sehr aufgeregt war, und 6 Mann für nötig hielt um überhaupt in das gefährliche St. Barbe zu gehn. Gleich bei den beiden ersten Häusern des weitläufigen Ortes, der hier noch nicht brannte, sah er eine alte Frau (echt französisch in Nachthaube usw.) Er ging gleich auf sie los und fragte, ob Franzosen in dem Haus wären, wobei er immer seinen Revolver mehr oder weniger drohend in der Hand hielt. Ich war leider  nicht unmittelbar Zeuge der Unterhaltung und weiss nicht, was die arme Frau sagte, jedenfalls rief uns der Arzt gleich zu: "Da sind Franzosen drin, sagt die Frau". Hurra. Gleich wurden an allen vier Ecken Posten aufgestellt und aus dem andern Haus  da die Frau sich glücklich in Sicherheit gebracht hatte, ein Licht und ein Begleiter geholt. Da eben noch mehr verspreng- te Soldaten dazu-kommen, ging der Arzt mit einigen, darunter ich, weiter und überließ andern das Haus. Die fanden darin nachher, trotz genauer Durchsuchung, keine Franzosen, (der Arzt hat die Frau sicher missverstanden) dagegen hatte einer nachher einen Speck, der auf beiden Seiten der Tornister- klappe herausschaute. Wir gingen mit einem ebenda, wie er ging und stand, als Geisel gegen Ueberfall mitgenommenen Bauern weiter ins Ort. Innen stand, noch so vier Häuser vom Brand entfernt, das Rathaus, davor war ein ziemliches Durch- einander von Einwohnern und Soldaten, die Verwundeten wurden herausgebracht. Ein junges Mädchen redete lebhaft auf uns ein; ich verstand nichts und wandte eine öfters gebrauchte Phrase an: "Eh Mademoiselle, parlez lentement, s´il vous plaît, or je ne conprands pas." Nun verstand ich sie: "wir haben noch Wein im Keller, gehen sie hinein und trinken sie ihn noch." (Natürlich Französisch. Ich war doch etwas verwundert, denn ich hatte gedacht, es handle sich um den Brand oder um die Verwundeten. Zum Wein trinken hatten wir keine Zeit, ich glau- be es waren sonst genug Soldaten da, die auf nichts anderes als Plündern aus waren. Wir kamen in die Gegend, wo man ge- legentlich springen musste, weil es zu heiss wurde. Hier fand

Transcription: Linke Seite des Tagebuchs: das gesamte Heer u. die Flotte Rußlands mobil ist u. der deutsche Kaiser hat den  Zustand der drohenden Kriegsgefahr verhängt.  Eine kurze Spanne Zeit darauf kam´s  die Nikolaistraße heranmarschiert: 1 Offizier mit 10 Mann, von denen einer einen Kleister- topf & ein anderer ein  Pack Plakate trug. Da wuchs die Erregung & schwirrten die Vermutungen, bis die  Depesche kam: " Über ganz Deutschland der Kriegszustand erklärt"  der Trubel - , -  , diese Aufregung!!          Aber bislang habe ich mir den Kriegszustand anders vorgestellt! Es konnten sich Leute zusammenstellen soviel sie woll- ten, kein Mensch wurde auseinander-ge- sprengt! Das einzige Interessante war  das viele Papiergeld  u. die große Kette, die des Abends über die Brücke gezogen war. In der Jüdenstr. das erstemal etwas Betrieb, so müsste es immer sein - - oder es ist gar nicht nötig, ich will mich doch lieber mit Anderem beschäftigen!  Rechte Seite         1. August 1914. Samstag Der Vormittag brachte die Kunde: Deutschland hatte an Rußland eine befristete Anfrage gestellt, was die Mobilisierung bedeute & an Frankreich, wie es sich im Falle eines Deutsch- russischen Konfliktes verhielte. Um 10 h kam ein Telegramm von Ulrich, das Freitag mittags in Cuxhaven aufgegeben war: "komme morgen abends". Eine Stunde später kam er schon hereingeschneit. Sein erstes Wort war (zu unserem Reisenden H. Sandmann, )  der gerade beim Expedieren war)  Bis sich die Lage geklärt hat kommt nichts mehr heraus, ausser gegen Nachnahme. - Der Zahnarzt, der nun die Ausheilung meines Zahnfleisches mit Gewaltmitteln betreiben will blies mir den ganzen Mund voll so gelbes Mehl, mit der strengen Order, nicht auszuspucken, das war vielleicht ein Genüssel!!!

Transcription: N° 3 --------- 9, Gloucester Terrace, Regent's Park. N.W. Londres, 23 Mai 1873 Mon cher ami, De même que la Princesse de la fable laissait tomber des perles et des diamants, chaque fois qu'elle ouvrait la bouche, de même chaque note d'Adelina se convertit en belles Livres Sterling qui, comme une

Transcription: he ends up going over to Belfast, with what's called something like the northern Liverpool hockey team, and here is a picture of them: "northern Liverpool hockey team completed their tour of Ulster yesterday when they defeated Holywood & North Down" - this is April 1925. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © Age Exchange Theatre Trust Ltd. 2014 (a company limited by gurantee) Registered in England No. 1029724. Registered Office: 11 B lackheath Village, London SE3 9LA Registered as Charity No: 326899 ae age exchange  heritage lottery fund LOTTERY FUNDED

Transcription: Well, I could go on and elaborate about Max's children, waiting for their daddy to come home. Screaming, wailing, in the street, where they were all singing and dancing. The pain they would have went though, in these tiny little houses they occupied in the East End. You could imagine what could have filled them all with hate for the enemy. By they didn't, they were all wonderful, wonderful children Then we have your father who very clearly stated his message... Very clearly. All the time. All the time, he would talk about diplomacy and "No more war". And there was this horror for him that there was this war [Second World War], again, and we lost many members of our family, once again, you can't help it from interlinking, it wasn't twenty years since! 1919 dad was in the British occupation of the Rhine; 1939, we're ar war again! And we have another part of the story, this is Alfred... Ah, this is our cousin; he was in the Japanes Prisoner of War camp on the river Kwai [during the Second World War]. And he died aged 25. We have given as a family, a great deal. You can't help it...this is his grave [shows photograph], he was 25 and died from the torture... and we lost cousins, aunties; civilians. We losr so many, in Stoke Newington hen a bomb hell directly on the flats on Coronation Avenue in Stoke Newington ...again, it's not possible, you can;e separate the two. And I say, like my father. No. More. War! Don't jump in! See, what's going on [in the world] now? Discuss! Accommodate! Find a way of reasoning together, and sitting down, reasoning. Not killing one another! [Pauses refectively].  And so it goes on, doesn't it... Yes. And my daughter knows, she went on the memorial march on Sunday, sommemorating all of those who were lost. Families without fathers, brothers, sons... And the recognition, what this project is about, from families affected... ]VOICE OF MRS. LAWRENCE'S DAUGHTER]: Yes, and it just si happens, that another generation down, my daughter Charlotte is involved in the directing of 'Birdsong' [a touring play set during the First World War which premiered in 2010, adapted from the novel of the same name by Sebastian Faulks]. It's touring again next yeat [2014], of course with the centenary... HELEN LAWRENCE: Again, with all of the business with the centenary, everyone is being very careful not to turn it into a celebration. They MUST not do that, because if yo do, you run the danger of bringing up feelings of anger and hate. It must be a remembrance, a reflection And you would also dishonour those who were involved, who played a part in it... Absolutely! They would not want that. They've only just put up the bomber command memorial, for all those 55,000 who were in the last war. I was in bomber command, so I was right there in the middle of it and it's taken all those years to remember them, on any memorial....Just to clarify, are these the type of memories you are inerested in for this project? Absolutely. These things that we've discussed, rhey are absolutely vital, and fresh... thank you for bringing Max and your father here today, briniging them to life. Absolutely. I have never forgotten, never, that my mother and father said "No. More. War." They said it continually... Page 4 of 5

Transcription: Feldpost  Roter und Schwarzer Stempel rechts oben:   K. U. K. Fliegerkompagnie Nr. 30/J K. u. K. FELDPOSTAMT 494 10. X.18 Hwgb.   = Hochwohlgeboren   Fräulein Luisl Walter Wien, III. Erdbergerstr. 156. Liebes Frl. Luisl!                      9/X. 18. Es wacht wieder einer aus dem Sommerschlaf auf und hätte beinahe vergessen, dass es ein Hinterland gibt, wie so oft. Habe wieder etliche Übersiedlungen glücklich überstanden. Das  dauernde  Hinterland rückt immer näher. Viele herzl. Grüsse Ihr Strömer Viele Grüsse allen Lieben. Jos. Strömer Oblt. Fliegerkomp. 30/J. Feldpost 494.  unten gedruckt:   Herausgegeben vom Kommando der k. u. k. Flieger- Ersatz-Truppe, Wiener-Neustadt.

Transcription: felt it important to let the German authorities know that he was fighting for Germany so he thought he was safe. His cousin who lived in the same village in Germany he was not an officer in the army. The cousin joined what is the equivalent here of the AJEX organisation here - there was also in Germany an organisation ??? Deutsch Yiddisher Soldaten... it is for Jewish Men Fighting for the Kaiser against France. My father didn't belong to that organisation. But his cousin did and that whole family got murdered by the Nazis. There was one boy who was 2 weeks older than I. I was born in 1924 July 23 and my cousin was born on 7 July 1924. MJ It's an itneresting story of course as there must have been many people who fought for the German army and thought they were safe. KW: So what my father did in 1933. Hitler came to power in January 1933 and my father got a letter from the army archives in Germany to say that he became a volunteer in 1908, that he passed sufficient examinations, that where he fought in France. So he got those documents but they didn't help. They sent him to buchenwald later on. MJ: But he survived Buchenwald. KW: Yes my mother managed to get the papers that he could emigrate. MJ: Did all the soldiers receive the Iron Cross? KW:Yes if they served in the army. But you got a special one for certain battles that you went to. MJ: When you were a child do you think he had any reaction to the First World War? Did it change his life as a human being, because the experience of the Jewish German is such a different experience? KW:Did it change his personality? MJ: Yes KW: You see when you were living in avillage like Werther you were physically active. Everybody had theur little plot of land. I don;t think there was a greengrocer in the village. My grandfather bought the most prestigious property in the village and transferred the cigar factory away from him he employed as many as 300 people. He was a major employer in this village. So my father was used to physical work and so the army was physically especially if you had a horse pulling a cart. At this point there is discussion about the next stage of digitising images and photographing objects. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © Age Exchange Theatre Trust Ltd. 2014 (a company limited by gurantee) Registered in England No. 1029724. Registered Office: 11 B lackheath Village, London SE3 9LA Registered as Charity No: 326899 ae age exchange  heritage lottery fund LOTTERY FUNDED Page 3 of 3

Transcription: • 1974, He was 80s. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © Age Exchange Theatre Trust Ltd. 2014 (a company limited by gurantee) Registered in England No. 1029724. Registered Office: 11 B lackheath Village, London SE3 9LA Registered as Charity No: 326899 ae age exchange  heritage lottery fund LOTTERY FUNDED Page 3 of 3