LL-L "History" 2004.06.03 (01) [E/German]

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: History

Dear Lowlanders,

I hope you are all still there and there is nothing wrong with the list
server.  I am wondering because I haven't heard anything from anyone in a
few days.  Well, I guess the travel season has begun and it's nicer to be
outside now that the weather is improving, at least in the Northern
Hemisphere.

Some of you may remember our discussion about the Hamburg flood of 1962.
Well, an English gentleman (Sapper M. Yarnold), who is not one of our
subscribers, found this discussion in our archives
(http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html) and was nice
enough to send us a summary of his experiences during the event.

Thanks a lot, Mike!  We who lived through the flood, especially those of us
hardest hit in (Harburg-)Wilhelmsburg like myself, fondly remember all the
incredible help we received from the neighboring countries as well as from
the United States and Canada.  Once again, a disaster proved to be an
opportunity for nations to come together for reasons other than conflict and
material gain.  So, to you, Mike, and to all the others who at that time
rushed to our aid, I send very sincere expressions of gratitude on behalf of
my family and the people in our then neighborhood.

Folks, please find a copy of Mike's letter below.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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From: mike.yarnold at tiscali.co.uk
Date: Thursday, June 03, 2004 11:24 AM
To: lowlands-l at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
Subject: Hamburg floods 17 February 1962


I was just looking for archive material referencing this event when I cam
across your listings from Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann and Reinhart (R. F.
Hahn ).

I was there too. Reinhard was a little boy and I was only 22. I was an
English soldier with the Royal Engineers stationed in Germany. We were sent
to Hamburg Harburg to help as best we could. It was not only flooding, but
also very cold -20grad C.

I always remember with happiness, the way the German people treated us. They
gave us so much respect and we did not need to pay for anything. We could
walk into a bier keller after duty and all our drinks and food would be paid
for by the local people who came and shook our hands.

We were later presented with a medal, certificate and book by the president
of the Praesidium.

My certificate reads:

DER SENAT DER FREIEN UND HANSESTADT HAMBURG
VERLEIHT
Sapper M. Yarnold
IN DANKBARER ANERKENNUNG DER TAETIGEN HILFELEISTUNG AUF HAMBURGISCHEM
STAATSGEBEIT WAEHREND DER STURMFLUTKATASTROPHE 1962 DIE DANKMEDAILLE
HAMBURG, IM JULI 1962.

In the book, there are the statistics of the casualties, the cost in lives
and money, and the names of those who died.

There were 315 people killed of which 5 were helpers.
It cost a total of 64,791,110 DM.

Regards,
Mike

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