1700's

• A Short History of The Danube Swabians

• Prince Eugene and our Old Homeland

• The Colonization of the Banat Following its Turkish Occupation [Particular emphasis on emigration from Lorraine and Luxemburg]

• The Settlement of Tolna County by the Swabians (Swabian Turkey)

• Temeschburg in the Battle Against the Turkish Yoke

• Florimund Claudius Graf Mercy (1666-1734) ~ "Count Mercy – Colonizer and Governor"

• The Banat – a "Penal Colony" of Maria Theresia?

• The Early History & Development of the Lutheran Congregations & Church District Of Swabian Turkey in the 18th Century

• Lutheranism and the Danube Swabians

• Prehistory of Syrmien/Syrmia/Srem

• 1747 Map of the Kingdom of Hungary with its Fortresses

• Settlements in the Banat (1763‑1773)

• The First German Settlers in the Banat Community of Bogarosch [Emigration lists of the Viennese Court Chamber for the Banat]

• The History of the German Lutheran Congregations In the Banat

• French & German Settlers from Alsace-Lorraine, Luxembourg & Trier, includes 106 family names & a list with statements of origin

• Batschka The History - The Oldest Time (12 chapters)

• Danube Swabians in Syrmien, Croatia, Slavonia & Bosnia [History/destiny of the Danube Swabian of former Kingdom of Yugoslavia]

• Specifications of goods & tools, supplied to a colonist

• Szeghegy - Emperor Josef II signing the Settlement Patent*

• Joseph Platter's Petition

• The History of the Batschka

• Histoire de l'Autriche-Hongrie by Louis Léger, 1879 [A History Austria-Hungary From The Earliest Time to the Year 1889]

• Migration Voyage, The Danube & The Ulmer Schachteln

• The 'Ship of Girls' (Moidle-Schiff)  [Swabian girls from the Black Forest! -for non-commissioned officers of the German regiments]

• German Settlements in Eastern Europe by Duncan B. Gardiner, Ph.D., C.G.

 

1800's

• Statistical Maps of Hungary [Based on the Census data 1880/81 designed & drawn by Ign Hatsek, published 1882.]

• Our Mail in the Changing World (until November 1983)

• The Garrison of Dresden was destined to be sent as prisoners of war to the Bannat of Temeswar - 1814

• The Petition of Bogarosch of 1849 - The so-called Petition of Bogarosch was addressed to the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef on 2nd October 1849 and was the first political step made by the East Swabians.

• The Swabians in Syrmia & Slavonia, Excerpts from: "Die Deutshen in Syrmien, Slavonien, Kroatien & Bosnien" -Valentin Oberkersch

• Orphans Foundation - 1873, Doctrine for the Orphans of Szeghegy (Sekitsch)

• Zarev Brod (Endje) A German Minority Community in Bulgaria

 

1900's

• Treaty of Trianon 1920 Now includes the map "German Settlement Areas in History Hungary" by John Koehler, Sr.

• Diminution of Germans in Trianon Hungary

• Hungaria 896-1918 [Mechanically produced novelty postcard with a thumb wheel that moves the map segments representing the changes in Hungary's boundaries according to the Treaty of Trianon.] Very Cool!

• "Peter Max Wagner" Batschka Donauschwaben Spokesperson - "Founder of "Hilfswerk der Donauschwaben"

• The Danube Swabian Crest (Coat of Arms) 1950 - Originator Hans Diplich

• Map of the German ethnic minorities in East-Europe in 1932

• Villages Lorrains En Yougoslavie by André Rosambert, 1933. Translation of Article of interest to Banaters, those who have roots from the Lorrain area. A focus on Saint-Hubert, Charleville and Seultour.]
• Villages Lorrains En Roumanie, 1934 by André Rosambert. Translation of Article (see above info) 

• Die Verschleppung (the Kidnapping) 1945, by Stefan Jäger Deportation to Russia

• Updated: Ethnic Cleansing in Europe: 1944-1944 [Atrocities Against The Danube Swabian. Includes: Central Civilian Internment and Labor Camps;  Deportation to Soviet Slave Labor Camps; and The Eight Liquidation Camps.]

• From the West to the East and from the East to the West: identity avatars of the French Banaters

• The Destruction of German Lutheranism In Swabian Turkey (Tolna, Baranya and Somogy Counties)

• Banat Danube Swabian & the Baragan-Steppe [Banater Swabian, twice victimized of deportation, in 1945 & 1951 Baragan-Steppe]
      Compulsory Relocation to the Baragan
      Deportation to the Bărăgan 1951-1956 [Konschitzky]
      And Over Us The Endless Blue Sky [Weber]: Deportation Data, The Baragan-Steppe on a map, Villages - Deportation &
      Deaths; District Statistics of the Old Villages; New Village Plans '1956-1956'; Numerical listing of deportees
      Situation in the (Romanian) Banat in the 1945-1950
      The Village of Klopodia & the Baragan Steppe
      Deportation to the Baragan - 50 years on
      Mass Horror, 1952 (Referring to the Deportation to the Bărăgan 1951-1956)

 

2000's

• International exhibition of the colonization of Swabians (300 years), at the Banat Museum

• Dunai Sváb Falvak Segítõ Kezei. Kötelékek, amelyek világszerte összefûznek = "Donauschwaben Villages Helping Hands - The Ties That Bind – Worldwide" was written for the Hungarian "Honismeret" historical journal, in the celebration of the 300th anniversary of  the colonization of Danube Swabians. Translated to Hungarian by Erik Glässer. See page 16 of the article, along with other Danube Swabian articles. English version was written by Jody McKim Pharr, Edited by Nick Tullius and Jane Ehardt Moore.

• Donauschwaben Museums & Theatres

• Ethnic Germans in the Banat: Forgotten—Yet Timely—History [The Barnes Review, 2003]

• Banat Swabians, Danube Swabians and Their Future, 2005

• 100th Year Banater Swabian in Austria 1907-2007 Photo Collection

• 100th Year Banater Swabian in Austria 1907-2007

• Danube Swabian Memorials & Monuments

• Danube Swabian Museums & Theatres

• Die Donauschwäbische Kulturstiftung (DKS) [A private, non-profit foundation based in München, Germany, set up by Danube Swabians from Yugoslavia. Focus is on Danube Swabian issues, particularly changes in the Vojvodina/Serbia. www.kulturstiftung.donauschwaben.net/]

• 2011 DVHH Gets Mention in Prestigious Genealogy Magazine

• 2011 Nov - German-language theatre scene in the Banat. Organizer: Hans Dama

• Ute Ritz-Deutch, "Victimhood & Memory: Danube Swabians & the Ethnic Cleansing Campaigns in Yugoslavia, 1944-1948" at the Wayles Browne Slavic Studies Symposium on Feb. 26 at the A.D. White House at Cornell University. The symposium was held in honor of Browne, who is a linguist at Cornell and longtime human rights activist. (film time is 36 minutes)

• Ann Morrison, The Forgotten Genocide, 2010, A documentary about the ethnic cleansing of the German populations in Eastern Europe after WW2. 1st viewing Feb 2010 Millions Cried . . . No One Listened . . .

• The Danube Swabians, A Documentary Film, Written and Directed by Marko Cvejic, Mandragora Films, Serbia

• O Podunavskim Svabama / Uber die Donauschwaben /About the Danube Swabians (Book Review)

• Proposed law on restitution: Non-Official translation ["Draft Law on Property Restitution and Compensation"  Attention: All those Germans who lost property after World War II, are eligible to apply for restitution or compensation. All who do not have documentation of property ownership may seek in the Serbian archives. Best regards, Boris Masic, DVHH Apatin Village Co-Coordinator. 16 Aug 2011]

External Links: 

• Corvinus Library - Hungarian History www.hungarianhistory.com/ 

• Visual History of Yugoslavia and its breakup in the Yugoslav Wars (1918-2008) by James Mayfield (European Heritage Library)
  http://euroheritage.net/yugoslaviamaps.shtml

• Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben e.V. (Territorial Association of the Banat Swabians) www.banater-schwaben.org/

• Austro-Hungarian Land Forces 1848-1918 www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/index.htm

• Civic Culture in Banat & Transylvania (Between 1880 and 1918 an unprecedented demographic explosion happened in the towns of the region. New and numerous buildings were constructed not only in the big cities, but in small towns, too, giving them a European architectural configuration.) The Role of Timisoara in the 1989 Transformation of the Romanian Political Order.
  www.crvp.org/book/Series04/IVA-15/civic_culture_in_banat_and_trans.htm

 

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[Published at DVHH.org by Jody McKim Pharr]