Family in Dahlem 1932

Family in Dahlem 1932 

In Dahlem, Germany, the family goes for a walk. CU baby in a pram. Street scenes, automobile traffic. They walk and skate on a frozen pond. A child runs around the yard with a toy. The children ride on scooters. More CUs of the three children with their mother. 

The film can label indicates:"Weihnachten 1932 in Dahlem - Norbert, Peterlein, etc. Helg". It is possible the individuals captured on film are Norbert, Peter, and Helga during the Christmas holiday in 1932. The children are older in this reel than in RG-60.7032. 

Hans Wolfgang Lindemann (a German) married Ethel McGloclin (an American) in Philadelphia in 1929. He had come to the US looking for work, but had a strong German family heritage and served in the German army in WWI as a radio operator. After his father died, the couple moved to Germany (Braunschweig), toured Europe, and started a family (Oda b. 1934 and Karin b. 1936). Wolfgang joined the German reserve as he found that the least difficult way to protect himself and his family. He worked in a truck factory which was vital to the German war effort. Later, he became a Wehrmacht captain as an automotive engineer. He was discharged in November 1944 and later became a prisoner of war of the Americans in France. Wolfgang's two brothers also served in the German military in WWII. Ethel raised their two girls in a small farming town in Germany. She exchanged letters with Wolfgang as well as with her brother who was serving in the US Army. She kept a diary in English during the war period. In 1946, Ethel and the girls returned to the United States (Oda was 12 and lives in Philadelphia; Karin died in 1976 at age 40).