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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Kauten, Erica Grabenhorst |
| Title, Monographic | Albert & Thea: Lives Well-Lived |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
| Publisher | the author |
| Date of Publication | 2012 |
| Extent of Work | 77 |
| Abstract | Albert Heinrich Grabenhorst was born in 1907 in Woepse, Hoya Hannover, Germany. He immigrated to America in 1927, settling in Chicago. Thea Paula Hoefer was born in 1909 in Plauen, Saxony, Germany. She immigrated to America in 1929, also settling in Chicago. They met at a dance for the German-American community, and were married in 1933. Needing to find work, the couple moved to Los Angeles in 1936 to join Albert's brother John. However, after enduring several years of homesickness, Albert, Thea, and their infant daughter Helga returned to Germany in 1939. They stayed only a few months in Nazi Germany before returning to Los Angeles, where they re-established themselves in the city's German-American community. |
| Notes | Donated by Erica Grabenhorst Kauten |
| Call Number | FH Grabenhorst |
| MKI Terms | Family history/ Genealogy/ German Americans -- California/ 20th century/ Saxony/ Los Angeles (Calif.)/ National Socialism |