FISCHER ‘UNDERGROUND RAILWAY’
During the years 1945-1948 our Donauschwaben were expelled from Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia. Mr. and Mrs. Fischer of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada generously helped some of them to reach safer shores in North America. We honor their memory. Some of those families and individuals helped by Mr. and Mrs. Fischer are listed below:
- Fischer, Johann and Anna Maria – Kitchener
Schmidt, Anna and children Katharina, Elisabeth and Johann – Kitchener
Heil, Johann and Elisabeth and son Johann – Kitchener
Appel, Johann and Margaret and daughters Elisabeth and Margaret – Kitchener
Szierer, Henry and Elisabeth and daughter Elisabeth – Kitchener
Szierer, Johann and Elisabeth and sons Johann and Heinrich – Kitchener
Szierer, Margaret – Kitchener
Tippel, Johann and Katharine, Irene, Maria and Johann – Kitchener
Jusstus, Johann and Margaret, sons Johann and Heinrich – Tillsonburg
Heil, Henry and Margaret and Henry and Margaret – Kitchener
Ehl, Elisabeth and daughter Elisabeth and granddaughter Elisabeth – Kitchener
Gehring, Johann and Anna Maria, sons Johann and Henry – Otterville
Heiczerader, Johann and Heinrich – Kitchener
Ellenberger, Elisabeth and son Henry – Delhi
Heppenheimer, Heinrich and Magdalena – Kitchener
Kehl, Magdalena and daughter Elisabeth – Kitchener
Heppenheimer, Peter and Anna Maria, sons Peter and Johann – Kitchener
Meissner, Heinrich and Elisabeth, sons Johann, Peter, Heinrich – British Columbia
Welter, Philip and Anna Maria – Kitchener
Steger, Konrad and Katharina, daughter Katharina and son Konrad – Kitchener
Abel, Peter and Anna Maria, son Peter – Delhi - Others:
Faul, Peter and Anna Maria, son Joseph – Kitchener
Stickl, Jakob and Elisabeth and son Joseph – Kitchener
Ellenberger, Adam and Katharina and six children – Toronto
Muth, Konrad – Delhi
Steller, Joseph and Anna Maria and four daughters
Krismanits, Konrad and Elisabeth and daughter Elisabeth – Aylmer
Stickl, Heinrich and Margaret and three children – Delhi
Tickl, Johann and Margaret and son Johann and daughter Margaret – Delhi
Weil, Johann and Katharina, Johann, Valentine, Joseph and Edward – Delhi
Knoch, Michael and Anna Maria, daughter Mary and son Michael – Kitchener
Keller, Jakob and Anna Maria, Katharine, Jakob and Elisabeth – Kitchener
Felder, Johann and Elisabeth, daughters Elisabeth and Katharine – Kitchener
Schmidt, Johann and Elisabeth, Tibor, Irene and William – Kitchener
Reinhardt, Konrad and Anna Maria, two daughters – Cambridge
Ehl, Michael – Kitchener
Simon, Adam and Anna Maria – Kitchener
Schmidt, Konrad and Anna Maria – Kitchener
Jorch, Heinrich and Elisabeth – Cambridge
Mergel, Heinrich – Langton
Anspach, Heinrich – Toronto
Ehl, Konrad and Anna Maria and son Konrad – Delhi
Ehl, Johann and Anna Maria and son Karl – Delhi
Wiandt, Elias – Winnipeg
Kildau, Konrad and Anna Maria – Hamilton
Petz, Andreas and Margaret, daughters Elisabeth and Katharine – Hamilton
Ferber, Andreas and Anna Maria, daughter Anna – Delhi
Ferber, Katharina – Kitchener
Ferber, Johann and Elisabeth and five sons – Kitchener
Stickl, Elisabeth – Kitchener
Felder, Joseph – Kitchener
Rau, Johann and Margaret and son Johann – Hamilton