Teckels and the Second World War

[Goldfinch2007]

I was just watching a documentary about life in Germany at the closing stages of world war 2 and it’s a wonder the kennels survived. I wonder how it affected the kennels and how they came back from it

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Eindhoven in Holland had no cats left at wars end.

 

[Goldfinch2007]

Eindhoven in Holland had no cats left at wars end.

I couldn’t believe how bad it was
Total destruction

 

[Bavarianbrit]

The police jail was ok though. Don't ask.

 

[Tim.243]

Eindhoven in Holland had no cats left at wars end.

Malta had nothing...I talked to Mary the grandmother of the owner of a hotel we were using.
Told her abt my Nan. She cried saying "they would have killed all of us had your troops not defended this island.

 

[Fosbery Holster]

Just as an aside, when my father came back from Germany sometime after the end of the war (he’d stayed on with his officer for the Nuremberg trials) he brought home amongst other items a wooden dachshund that was articulated with wooden wheels ……never did find out where he bought it from, most probably Nuremberg.

 

[finnbear270]

Just as an aside, when my father came back from Germany sometime after the end of the war (he’d stayed on with his officer for the Nuremberg trials) he brought home amongst other items a wooden dachshund that was articulated with wooden wheels ……never did find out where he bought it from, most probably Nuremberg.

Germany, renowned for toy making ......... just some of the toys had Maybach and Daimler engines.

 

[enfieldspares]

I couldn’t believe how bad it was
Total destruction

I think maybe that the cats were eaten? Not BTW meant as a joke but as a genuine remark. The actress Audrey Hepburn lived through that post-Market Garden famine.

 

[Foxyboy43]

I think maybe that the cats were eaten? Not BTW meant as a joke but as a genuine remark. The actress Audrey Hepburn lived through that post-Market Garden famine.

The Dutch had a very hard time before and post-liberation - supplies of food by air saved thousands of lives.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwidiq7ntpv7AhWCUcAKHQAeCM8QFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDutch_famine_of_1944%25E2%2580%25931945&usg=AOvVaw0vSYHyscLwmiRrdjblXns4

 

[Keith Edmunds]

I was just watching a documentary about life in Germany at the closing stages of world war 2 and it’s a wonder the kennels survived. I wonder how it affected the kennels and how they came back from it

Kennel

I was just watching a documentary about life in Germany at the closing stages of world war 2 and it’s a wonder the kennels survived. I wonder how it affected the kennels and how they came back from it

Both wars took their toll. Fortunately, by the end of the second world war, the good bloodlines were spread wide across Europe so if losses were suffered, kennels could quite easily get their old bloodlines back.

There are too many kennels to mention but Kurt Ruhnua's 'von Konigshufen' kennel and Swedish breeder, Veroni Sandstrom' 'Sports' kennel were two great kennels that survived WWII and many of today's working dachshunds can be traced back to.

 

[Ade8mm]

"So many cats, so few recipes"

 

[Goldfinch2007]

Kennel

Both wars took their toll. Fortunately, by the end of the second world war, the good bloodlines were spread wide across Europe so if losses were suffered, kennels could quite easily get their old bloodlines back.

There are too many kennels to mention but Kurt Ruhnua's 'von Konigshufen' kennel and Swedish breeder, Veroni Sandstrom' 'Sports' kennel were two great kennels that survived WWII and many of today's working dachshunds can be traced back to.

Thanks for that Keith