FOR LEADS TO RECORDS, CONSULT:

Finding Vital 1796-1945 Data Regarding German and Hungarian Ancestors of Banat(ska) Topola and Novo Selo, Plus an Exposé About the Local 1945-1946 Internment Camp for Germans of Yugoslavia.
By Jacob Steigerwald, Ph. D. (Littleton, Colorado, 2009).
ISBN 0-9615505-5-4.

USES OF THIS BOOKLET INCLUDE:

a) Locating vital data relating to German and Hungarian ancestors that lived at Novo Selo and/or Torontaltoplya = Töröktopolya = Banat Topola = Banatska Topola between 1796 and 1945,

b) Finding references to area villages where ancestors used to live before they relocated to the places indicated,

c) Discerning population growth and developmental stages of Novo Selo, Torontaltoplya =Töröktopolya = Banat Topola = Banatska Topola;

d) References to further sources of information are provided in the Bibliography,

e) Gaining insights concerning the unlawful internment tribulation of indigenous Germans when Marshall Tito and communist partisans came to power near the end of WWII,

f) Learning about evil procedures employed for eliminating former Yugoslavia's German minority, despite the fact that group members' local presence extended back to the 18th century.

g) Getting a better understanding about the ethnic minority known as Donauschwaben, i. e., Danube Swabians, and their primary habitats in Hungary, Romania, and former Yugoslavia.

h) Indications regarding current whereabouts of the widely dispersed group members in different countries are found in the Preface. - An Index provided guides readers to topics touched upon.