Stefan Schicht was born in Deutschbentschek in 1897.  In 1927, he migrated to Canada and eventually Chicago, where he worked at the Mars candy factory.  He returned to Deutschbentschek to live by the late 1930s.
 
Over the years, Stefan took many photographs, both in America and in Deutschbentschek after his return home.  He generously shared copies with his friends and relatives, in the later years sending several of his Bentschek photos back to America.
 
                                                     
    

Stefan Schicht
Chicago, Illinois, USA
1935
 

The John Schicht Family
Kaneville, Illinois
1935

John Dittrich (L) and John Schicht (R)
Kaneville, Illinois
ca. 1935
 

Whitewashing the Chicken Coop
Stefan Schicht (L) and John Schicht (R)
Kaneville, Illinois
ca. 1935

John Schicht (L) and Stefan Schicht (R)
Chicago
ca. 1935

 Stefan Schicht:
 "Deceased persons are transferred to heaven with white horses.
Two of them I have already accompanied, and until now, nobody has come back."

The Front Yard of the Stefan Schicht Home
Stefan Schicht:
"This is the fountain in front of the entry door."

                      
                     ca. 1938


 

ca. 1948
 

L-R standing: Eva Schmidt, Maria Schmidt, unknown, Katharina (Mitsch) Schicht, Elisabeth (Schmidt) Schicht
L-R sitting: unknown, Anna Jakob, Katharina Kopp, unknown
possibly 1940s
(Identifications courtesy of Franz Schneider)