[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] germans went to Volhynia and returned to Germany

[Jerry Frank]

At 03:50 PM 15/04/2003 -0300, Eduardo wrote:
>Hello members,
>
>In my researches, I saw part of germans who went to Volhynia returned to
>Germany before move to other countries.
>I think my ancestors did it, but I4m not sure. Is there somebody who could
>explain me this return of gremans to Germany.
>I4m confused because my great-grandfather August Kommers got a ship in
>Marseille, France in 1897 and moved to Brazil.
>So, why in France? Why not in Germany? Is it possible they went to France
>directly instead Germany from Volhynia?


Perhaps the best we can do is guess at an answer.  And the answer may 
depend on other parts of the story that remain unknown.  Since Marseille is 
in the south of France, it would seem that passage to South America from 
there would be less expensive than from northern Germany.  We cannot 
discount the possibility that they lived for a time in Germany before 
moving on but there is a good possibility that Marseille was simply part of 
the route that they chose to get to Brazil.




Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
jkfrank at shaw.ca