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In 1845, Adalbert Harnisch, a post office clerk in Elblag, East Prussia, writes down the lyrics for a song the Bürgerverein (Citizens group) of Elblag had asked him to write. He decides to use the melody of “Prinz Eugen, der … Continue reading
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Obviously our ancestors were much more interested in the internet than we had thought…. This is the facebook site of Joseph Schmerbach, who left Germany in 1848 and resided in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. But see for yourself….. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joseph-Schmerbach/278500262172128?sk=info