Christoph,
Hello I am back on line again!
This is another, “Oh my gosh!!” For some reason the Culik name sounds familiar - but maybe not. I will go through my papers. The Westgate name is new to me. I will see what I can learn.
Now the funny thing is that I wanted to surprise you with something, but you did it first! And of course, I am very very very grateful!
Now my surprise for you is that the fellow, Brian, associated with the Marauders wrote: “I have communicated in the past with Mr Stolz. One day I would like to be able to meet him in person and see the collections of artifacts that he and others have made from the crash sites. I have ongoing communications with other people about these currently. “
Brian said, like everyone else, he is so busy with his work and life, that he just does not get enough time for his 'Hobby' pursuits!!
Christoph, with all of your passion for history, I bet you soon try to go see his collection! I was going to draft a letter to him at some point, if that is useful for you.
The Davidson story is quite incredible! The whole article was the best summary of how the Abbey's life ended as a Military Hospital in WW2. The Allies had already experienced one instance of a building with the Red Cross signs on it being used improperly by the German Military. I am so happy to finally have a real 1st hand description of what occurred. You are amazing!
And that Red Cross on the building matches what Sister E. Koch wrote.
Thank you again,
Jean J
One day I will find my notes from the Siegburg historian, and their name, who did say there was a lot of artillery fighting going on from the Abbey, but no bombing after a time in March. The historian also said that Siegburg received less damage than other towns.
Jean