Walking with Oma - Angie Littlefiled

Prague Dresden Riesa Terezin/Theresienstadt Torgau Wittenberg Dessau Hamburg Tangermuende Lauenburg Bleckede Magdeburg Wittenberge Hitzhacker

Angie and Judy 2003

Angie and Judy, Brighton, Ontario, Canada

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„Auf den Spuren meiner Großmutter“

[Toronto] Die kanadische Kunsthistorikerin, Angelika Littlefield, begibt sich auf die Spuren ihrer Großmutter und läuft ca. 770 km von Terezin nach Hamburg. Anna Skrainka-Schilling nutzte den Flusslauf der Elbe zur Orientierung, um nach der Entlassung aus dem Konzentrationslager Theresienstadt im März 1945 in ihre Heimatstadt Hamburg zu gelangen. „Ich würde gern mit Personen sprechen, die in jener Zeit an der Elbe lebten und sich an das Frühjahr 1945 erinnern. Ihre Geschichten möchte ich mit denen meiner Oma verknüpfen,“ sagt Frau Littlefield.

Frau Littlefield wird Vergangenheit und Zukunft in ihrem Buch „Auf den Spuren meiner Großmutter“ ineinander verflechten. Sie verfolgte die Wurzeln der Skrainka Familie bis in das Jahr 1794 zurück. Letzten Sommer besuchte Sie ihre Vorfahren in Bisenz und Holesov, dem damaligen Mähren. „Die Elbe wird mich weit in die Vergangenheit bringen und mit finsteren Kapiteln meiner Familiengeschichte konfrontieren. Doch jeder Schritt vorwärts führt mich in die heutige Schönheit und Kultur Deutschlands. Des Weiteren hoffe ich ein Stück der deutschen Gemütlichkeit zu erleben.“

Sind Sie bereit, ein Ihre Erinnerungen mit Frau Littlefield zu teilen? Wir suchen Personen, die sich an den Frühling 1945 erinnern und in jener Zeit an der Elbe lebten. Für die Kontaktaufnahme wenden Sie sich bitte an Frau Constanze Hauf von AugustusTours in Dresden. Frau Littlefield wird in der Zeit vom 3. April bis 15. Mai 2008 unterwegs sein und würde sich über zahlreiche Gepräche freuen.


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Did you walk with oma?

[ Toronto] Canadian art-historian, Angelika Littlefield, walking 780 km from Terezin to Hamburg is following in the footsteps of her grandmother. Anna Skrainka Schilling used the Elbe River to navigate her way home after she was released from concentration camp in May 1945. “I would like to talk with people who lived on the Elbe and remember that spring. I would like to weave their stories into my oma’s story,” says Angelika.

Littlefield plans to intertwine the past and present in her book Walking with Oma. She’s traced her Skrainka roots back to 1794. Last summer she visited their origins in Bisenz and Holesov in former Moravia. “The river Elbe will take me far back and past some dark spots in history, but, the walk forward will take me into the present beauty and culture of Germany. Naturally I also hope to experience some of that famous German Gemuetlichkeit.”

Did you walk with oma? If you experienced the spring of 1945 along the Elbe and are willing to be interviewed about your memories, contact Constanze Hauf of Augustus Tours in Dresden. Interviews with Angelika Littlefield will take place along the route of her Elbe walk between April 3 and May 15, 2008.


 

Angie Littlefield • Itineray

Check out the Photo Galleries: 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Traces


The journey begins …. In 2003 Judy Stonkus was my partner for the 1000 km walk around Lake Ontario. We're shown starting off Apr 12, 2003 and in a tea shop outside Brighton, about a week later. It took six weeks to complete "Once Around the Lake".  Judy will be with me from Prague to Magdeburg March 31 to April 24, 2008.

Walking with Oma, my 780 km trek along the Elbe River from the concentration camp Terezin to Hamburg starts April 2008. The 48 day walk is an homage to my oma, Anna Skraika Schilling, who left Terezin on her own in May 1945 to see if anything of of her life remained in Hamburg. I will feature parts of the walk on this website with posts en route.

Walking with Oma Itinerary

March 31 – April 3
Prague,
stay in Swedish Embassy with friends Robert and Ingela Lavack

April 3
Terezin via Litomerice to Velké Zernoseky (approx. 15 km.)
Overnight Hotel Apollon, Na Valech 2094/25, 41201 Leitmeritz
phone 000420-416 531 450

April 4
Velké Zernoseky -Usti nad Labem (approx. 20 km.)
Overnight Best Western Hotel Vladimir, Masarykova 36, 40001 Usti nad Labem phone 00475 235 111

April 5
Usti nad Labem - Decin (approx. 24 km)
Overnight Hotel Ceska Koruna, Masarykovo namesti c. 60, 40501 Decin
phone 00420-412 516 104

April 6
Decin - Bad Schandau/ district Krippen (approx. 23 km)
Overnight Hotel Erbgericht, Baechelweg 4, 01814 Krippen
phone 035 028- 86 290

April 7
Bad Schandau - Pirna (approx. 25 km)
Overnight Hotel Deutsches Haus, Niedere Burgstrasse 1, 01796 Pirna
Phone 035 01 – 468 80

April 8
Pirna - Dresden (approx. 21 km)
Overnight April 8, 9, 10 Hotel Tulip Inn, Melanchthonstrasse 2, 01099 Dresden
phone 0351 – 80 61 463

April 9
Day off in Dresden

April 10
Dresden - Altkoetzschenbroda (approx. 16 km)
Back to Dresden with the local train

April 11
Altkoetzschenbroda - Meissen (approx. 15 km) With local train from Dresden to Altkoetzschenbroda,
Overnight Welcome Parkhotel Meissen, Hafenstrasse 27-31, 01662 Meissen, phone 035 21 – 722 50

April 12
Meissen - Riesa (approx. 26,5 km)
Overnight Hotel Mercure Riesa April 12 and April 13 Bahnhofstrasse 40, 01587 Riesa,
phone 035 25 – 70 90

April 13
Riesa - Muehlberg (approx. 22 km)
Transfer from Muehlberg back to Riesa Hotel Mercure

April 14
Transfer to - Muehlberg - Torgau (approx. 27 km)
Overnight April 14 and 15 Hotel-Pension zum Markt, Baeckerstrasse 12, 04860 Torgau,
phone 034 21 71 13 79

April 15
Torgau - Dommitzsch (approx. 22 km)
By local bus back to Torgau to Hotel Pension

April 16
Dommitzsch - Kloeden (approx. 20 km)
By local bus back to Dommitzsch, walk and then transfer from Kloeden to Wittenberg, Overnight April 16, 17 Stadthotel Wittenberg “Schwarzer Baer”, Schlosstrasse 2, 06886 Wittenberg,
phone 034 91 – 420 43 44

April 17
Kloeden - Wittenberg (approx. 28 km)
Transfer to Kloeden from Wittenberg, walk,overnight in “Schwarzer Baer”

April 18
Wittenberg - Woerlitz (approx. 21 km)
Overnight stay Woerlitz Parkhotel Woerlitz, Erdmanndorfer Strasse 62, 06788 Woerlitz,
phone 034 905 – 20 322

April 19
Woerlitz - Dessau (approx. 18 km)
Overnight stays in Dessau April 19 and 20, NH Hotel Dessau, Zerbster Strasse 29, 06846 Dessau
phone 0340 – 251 40

April 20
Dessau - Aken (approx. 18 km)
By local bus back to Dessau to NH Hotel

April 21
Aken - Barby (approx. 25 km)
By local bus to Aken. Overnight Pension zur Galerie, Breite Strasse 30, 39249 Barby
phone 039 298 34 92

April 22
Barby - Schoenebeck (approx. 26 km)
Overnight Hotel Am Kurpark, Magdeburger Srasse 1, 39218 Schoenebeck/Salzelmen
phone 039 28 – 708 00

April 23
Schoenebeck - Magdeburg (approx. 22 km)
Overnight stay in Magdeburg April 23 and 24 Best Western Hotel Geheimer Rat, Goethestrasse 38, 39108 Magdeburg
phone 0391 – 73 803

April 24
Magdeburg - Burg (approx. 30 km)
Back to Magdeburg by local train (every 30 minutes)
Overnight stay in Magdeburg. Departure of Judy

April 25
Burg - Parey (approx. 26 km)
By local train to Burg, walk, transfer from Parey to Tangermuende.
Overnights Tangermuende April 25, 26, 27, 28
Hotel Stars Inn garni, Lange Strasse 47, 39590 Tangermuende,
phone 039 322 – 98 70

April 26
Parey - Tangermuende (approx. 27 km)
Transfer to Parey, walk, stay in Tangermuende

April 27
Tangermuende - Arneburg (approx. 14 km)
Transfer back to stay in Tangermuende

April 28
Arneburg - Sandau (approx. 18 km)
Transfer to Arneburg walk, transfer to Tangermünde

April 29
Sandau - Havelberg (approx. 19 km)
tramsfer to Sandau, walk, ttransfer from Havelberg to Wittenberge.
Overnight stays in Wittenberge April 29, 30, May 1, 2, Hotel Prignitz, Bismarckplatz 2, 19322 Wittenberge,
phone 038 77 – 92 870

April 30
Havelberg - Ruehstaedt (approx. 25 km) Transfer to Havelberg, walk, transfer from Ruehstaedt to Wittenberge

May 1
Ruehstaedt - Wittenberge (approx. 14 km)
Transfer to Ruehstadt, overnight Wittenberge

May 2
Wittenberge - Schnackenburg (approx. 26 km)
Transfer back to Wittenberge

May 3
Schnackenburg - Lenzen (approx. 18,5 km)
Transfer to Schnackenburg, walk to Lenzen, transfer to Hitzacker.
Overnight stays May 3, 4 5 Hotel zur Linde garni, Drawenertorstrasse 22-24, 29456 Hitzacker,
phone 058 62 - 347

May 4
Lenzen - Langendorf (approx. 20 km)
Transfer to Lenzen, walk, then transfer to Hitzacker overnight

May 5
Langendorf - Hitzacker (approx. 23 km)
Transfer to Langendorf.
Overnight Hitzacker

May 6
Hitzacker - Darchau (approx. 20 km)
Transfer from Darchau to Bleckede.
Overnights May 6 and 7 Landhaus an der Elbe, Elbstrasse 5, 21354 Bleckede
phone 058 52 – 12 30

May 7
Darchau - Bleckede (approx. 15 km)
Transfer to Darchau. Overnight stay in Bleckede

May 8
Bleckede - Lauenburg (approx. 22 km)
Overnights May 8 and 9 Hotel Moeller, Elbstrasse 44-50 21481 Lauenberg,
phone 041 53 – 59 080

May 9
Lauenburg - Geesthacht (approx. 18 km)
walk then transfer back to Lauenburg

May 10
Geesthacht - Fünfhausen Transfer to Geesthacht, walk then on OWN

May 11 - 14
Baseler Hof in Hamburg

Angie Littlefield | 416.282.0646 | angie.littlefield@yahoo.ca