Originals
I can't provide full copies of my sources, the transcript and the summary written later, as my grandmother, who owns them, doesn't wish it, but I can at least provide the originals of the pages I have actually used in this site, which you can find below as pdfs, with a preview of the first page. On each of the beginning pages I've marked with a red line where the entry that is posted on the website starts. You can download each entry individually or a combined pdf here.
July 26 . Sunday. Bonn u am Rhine.
“ Up and dressed. Later had Frustuck which was very good. Breakfast seems to be one of the best meals over here. It has always coast a mark which is about 25 cents in our money and consists of rolls and burd [bread], butter, marmalade, and coffee with out without an egg...”
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July 31. Friday--Nurnburg.
“WE [sic] arrived in Nurnburg in about two hours after leaving Munchen. The D-Zug was quite crowded, and we were forced to stand up in the besitbule. The time passed rather quickly, for we had an enjoyable conversation with a very young medical student from Heidelberg...”
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August 6. Thursday. Berlin.
“Today we have visited the Pergamon Museum and seen many other things--all going to make a very interesting--and tiring day. We attempted to buy tickets for the games, but most of them have been sold, and there are hundreds of people attempting to worm...”
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August 12, Wednesday.
“We gathered up our suitcases and took a slow train to Hamburg--arriving there about noon. We checked our bags at the station and set out to find our ship...”
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Summary
“I don't intend this to be a travel tour or recount all we did. Rather, I want to give my impressions of Germany in 1936. We stayed in Hamburg a day, then went on to Mainz, Rudesheim, Heidelberg, Munich, Nuremburg, Dresden...”
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