The Kemler family of Hrastovac had a similar history like most of us. They left the Swabian Turkey for Hrastovac, built a home, family and prospered but better opportunity seamed to be in Bosnia, so they relocated their family to there and bought a property. By 1942 all Bosnian ethnic Germans were sent to Eastern part of Germany, that is now part of Poland, from where they had to flee a year later. They ended as stateless refugees in Germany. Their Leidensweg is documented here.
All documents are part of Kemler’s Family Archives.
Margaret Mayer, born 17th May 1880 in Gerényes, Baranya, Austro-Hungary, to Jakob Mayer and Annamaria Milpert
Translation of the Marriage Certificate dated 27th January 1898 for
Jakob Kemler, son of Johann Kemler, bricklayer and Katarina Stock, both of Egyházaskozár, Baranya, born on 28th of August 1874 and
Margareta Mayer off Gerényes, Baranya, Austro-Hungary
Citizenship Document in Croatian and German language
by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
for Johann Kemler, born 1874 and living in Hrastovac, Slavonia, dated 1922
Baptism of
Adam Kemler, born on 28th of March 1922 in Hrastovac, Slavonia to Johann Kemler, bricklayer, and Margaret Mayer
Work Permit
for Johan Kemler to practice his trade as bricklayer in the community of Hrastovac, Slavonia
Hrastovac Census of 1922 for Kemler household:
Johann Kemler and Margaret Mayer with their 8 children
Real Estate Purchasing Document
Johann Kemler is purchasing a property on 1st of May 1922 in Bosanski Grabišci, Bosnia
Hungarian document for Margaret Kemler, nee Mayer
Personal identification document for
Margaret Kemler, nee Mayer, widow, living in Karlsdorf, dated 31 December 1942 at Zgierz (today Poland)
List of assets left behind in Bosnia, while the family was relocated through the refugee camp at Waldfrieden and in 1942 lived in Karlsdorf, now Poland
Margaret Kemler received citizenship in 1943 from German Empire (Deutsches Reich),
Refugee document for Margaret Kemler, dated 1952 after Margaret Kemler relocated her Family to West German