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- December 26, 2004
Left Germany on a boat with the whole family. The boat was filled with Jewish refugees. Arrived in Brazil but were not allowed to disembark because the war had broken out (Sep 1 1939 Germany invaded Poland). They spent 6 to 8 weeks anchored in the Rio de la Plata harbor until Argentina granted permission to dock in Buenos Aries.
They were allowed to dock on the condition that they agreed to work on farms in the Argentinean countryside. Walter and immediate family were sent to Santa Fe Province in southern Argentina. Lived in a tin shed on a farm.
Grandfather (Gustaf Rosengarten) was kicked by a cow one day when he was milking her. Walter remembers him coming into the house at about 4 a.m. groaning and moaning.
Adolf was driving a “sulki??? (2 wheel horse drawn wagon) delivering milk when the wagon hit a rock and Walter was thrown from wagon splitting open his nose (he has a scar on his nose to this day.
After living on the farm for approximately 3 years, the family was allowed to leave the farm at which time they moved to Buenos Aries where Adolf was allowed to reenter his trade as a butcher.
After Primary and Secondary school (through approximately age 16), Walter attended a trade school for two years where he learned how to be a machinist. After graduating from school he worked for a year or so before moving to the States in May 1955.
Miriam Mattes was Walter’s (Walterio) girlfriend and also the sister of Dieter (Tito).
To be continued…
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1936 - 2016 (79 years)