The
Rundbrief Project
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| "Wer das nicht selbst erlebt hat,
kann nicht ganz ermessen, was es bedeutet – man ist ein anderer Mensch
geworden, Tore und Welten sind hinter uns zugeschlagen – man wird nie
wieder der alte Mensch werden." |
"Those
who have not experienced it themselves cannot fully appreciate what it
means – you become a new person, gates and worlds are
slammed shut behind you – you will never become your old self
again." |
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– Eva Hintze, Neudietendorf, Januar 1947 |
– Eva Hintze, Neudietendorf, January 1947 |
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In the mid-1930s, a group of young women in Germany, upon
graduating from college and setting out on their various paths, began a
"Rundbrief" – a "chain letter" –
in the form of a booklet that each
woman would write in and then send on to the next person in the chain.
They continued this circular letter-writing for over sixty years, through World
War II, and through the Cold War in both East and West Germany, documenting
their collective lives and experiences. Although many of the women have
since died, a number of them – now in their eighties – are still in
correspondence.
The entire collection of Rundbrief documents, from 1937 until 2002,
has now arrived in Vancouver, Canada, where a group of descendants of the
Rundbrief women, with help from friends and family, are in the process of
transcribing, editing and annotating the documents, translating them into
English, and preparing them for publication in both English and the original
German.
Project Team
Eitel Timm
Karen Alexandre
Jamie Alexandre
Eric Alexandre
Peter Doetsch
Charlotte Embacher
If you have any questions, suggestions, or information related to this project,
please contact Jamie
Alexandre.
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