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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Batley woollen workers, Germany 1880s
« on: Tuesday 05 October 10 15:44 BST (UK)  »
Google earth is also useful for orientating you in your ancestors footprints - I knew ggrandfathers address in zielonia gora and I can see the actual street on google earth - there is also a cemetary still I don't know if it is new or old - I got the impression that the town did not suffer too much damage in WW2 but I may be wrong. It was sad to find out that during WW2 Jewish prisoners worked and died in the woolen mill

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Batley woollen workers, Germany 1880s
« on: Monday 27 September 10 01:38 BST (UK)  »
I know this is now an old discussion but I am a new member - my great grandfather also worked at the english wollen manufaktur plant as an overseer. If you are interested there is good old footage of this facotry (in its german ownership phase) on You Tube - just search on zielona gora.
The attached photograph was taken in zielona gora - or grunwald.

My great granfather was born in Birstall - pretty close to Batley? He returned to England and set up his own company and registered a patent for a weaving loom component

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