We're in Fritzlar because it's where my paternal grandmother's family came from
before moving to London in the late 1890s.
We met up with Stefanie, the town historian and director of the town museum,
whose office is the the building in which my great grandfather was born. She
showed us both that building and the town museum, even though the museum is
closed on Monday.
Stefanie was incredibly generous with her time, and we have to thank my cousin Linda for arranging it.
The house in which my great grandfather was born
Susan and Stefanie
Fritzlar Cathedral. The tower on the right collapsed during a thunderstorm in 1868 killing 21 people.
One of the dead was my great-great-grandmother
Susan and Stefanie spent a lot of time talking about how you deal with uncomfortable local history.
The answer to yesterday's question. I was looking out of the window in our apartment circled in red,
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