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Upcoming Events
Annual Picnic
Saturday, 13 September 2008
Herman Heights Park
New Ulm, MN
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Speaker: Kitty Jordan
Topic: "Farewell from East Prussia, 1944: Flight from the Russians and adjusting to a new life away from our homeland"
Fall General Meeting
Saturday, 25 October 2008
Lower level, Turner Hall
New Ulm, MN
Time to be determined
Speaker: C. Winston Chrislock, Professor of History, University of St. Thomas
Topic: "Language and Nation: the Competition between Czechs and Germand during the Twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy"
Homeland Tour 2009
Bob Paulson and the GBHS board of directors are planning a homeland tour for 2009. Bob will not be leading this tour because of other committments, but Bob's daughter Donna will be one of the tour leaders. Tentative dates are 6 June through 18 June 2009.
The tour will include stops in the German cities of Passau, Furth im Wald, and Dresden, and the Czech cities of Cesky Krumlov (Krummau), Domazlice (Taus), and Prague. Three days of touring our homeland villages and the 2009 Heimattreffen are also being planned.
Currently the tour is is in the process of being priced and the itinerary is being reviewed. Look for full tour information in the September Heimatbrief.
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