Grimma
- several generations of Anna's family
- college-prep school where Johannes & Karlheinz became best friends
Trebson
Karlheinz' family moved here from Silesia ~1915
Leipzig
- Johannes & Karlheinz shared a top-floor apartment while attending Leipzig University ~1927
- Karlheinz tutored but also played the piano for silent pictures
Erzgebirge Mountains & Sieffen
Anna's family had a vacation home in these mountains
Anna's family had a vacation home in these mountains
1932 Anna lived here while teaching Physical Education
1998 Anna toured here with her sister Krista, "but all the Santas were sold out!"
Dresden
- Anna & Johannes had frequent visits from a Dresden Aunt & Uncle
- Anna's first post-grad work was a kindergarten/nurse internship in Hellerau
- Willi Jr. toured expos in Dresden
- during the war, Anna took her children to several Dresden concerts and opera
Meissen
the Grimma house had Meissen porcelain
Porschdorf
Karlheinz was Pastor here for 15 years,
all their children were born here and stayed until 1949
Bad Schandau
- on the Elbe beside Porschdorf with boat dock, train station, telegraph office
- primary film location for "Inglorious Basterds"
The Switzerland of Saxony
Christine says "my whole life, I've lived in vacation areas"
Hohnstein
friends of Dorothea live here
1933 SA camp for 5,600 political dissenters for torture and forced labor
Konigstein
hilltop castle 3 miles from Porschdorf
Hinterheemsdorf
motorcycle tour destination for Tante Lena
Saxony
the land of potato cuisine
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