Die Herkunstorte der Ansiedler von Ugartsthal und Landestreu
Die Herkunstorte der Ansiedler von Ugarsthal und Landestreu vom "Gedenkbuch zur Erinnerung an die Einwanderung der Deutschen in Galizien vor 150 Jahren", Posen (Poznan) 1931
Is It Worth Finding Family? A Journey Through History and Heritage
Helena Koffler, née Philipps, was born around 1888 in Stanislawow, a town in Galicia, which at the time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After World War I, Austrian Galicia became part of Poland, and after 1945, it was incorporated into the USSR. Today, it is in Western Ukraine. Note: Do not confuse Austrian Galicia with the Spanish province of the same name (home to cities like Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, and A Coruña). Her birth took place during a period when Poland did not exist as an independent nation, having been partitioned by Austria, Prussia, and Russia at the end of the 18th century. Helena’s family background, with her father Johann Philipp born in 1863 and her mother Jozefa Gorska in 1869, places them squarely within this multi-ethnic empire, where Poles, Ukrainians, Jews, and other groups coexisted under imperial rule. Helena married Anton Kofler from Austria (Bozen, South Tyrol) in the early years of the 20th century, a time marked by growing nationalist...
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