Following comes to us from Sophia Staltzer-Wyant (wyants@frontiernet.net):

It is my great pleasure to send you some details on the latest publication by the Altsiedler Gottscheer Verein in Krapflern (Obcice), under the leadership of August Gril, Prof. Doris Debenjak and others. It is beautifully done, has many lovely photos and a very attractive format. It contains 605 pages.

Unfortunately for me, it is in the Slovenian language. But, if sufficient funds can be raised there is a good possibility it will be translated into either German or English. What would your preference be?

The book contains 38 life stories by members of the Gottscheer Altsiedler Verein, Slovenians in the Gottschee and two individuals from the United States who have connections to the former Gottschee.  They are Fred Muschler of Walden NY (born in New York but spent 16 years of his early life in the home village of his parents – Schalkendorf by Gottschee and Sophia Stalzer Wyant, born in Gottschee, resettled with my family to Untersteiermark (Lower Styria) in 1941; survived the Flucht to nearby Austria in 1945 and eventually immigrated to Minnesota in 1952.
During my first visit to my former homeland in 1984, accompanied by my husband Clint and daughter Maria, I was overwhelmed by the deep connection and bond that I felt to my homeland. This connection opened the door for my active participation in the preservation of the history, culture and family records of Gottschee and the Gottscheers. I deeply honored to have been invited as one of the contributors to this publication.

The members of the Altsiedler Gottscheer Verein can be very, very proud of their continued efforts and contributions to the *preservation of the history and culture of Gottschee and the Gottscheers*, who lived, worked and loved their homeland from 1330 to 1941.

The books sell for 30 EURO plus postage. I do not know as yet how to order copies, should you be interested, but I am gathering information on the same.

Title of the book:

Resnice Posameznikov
or
Wahrheiten von Einzelnen
or
 Individual Truths.

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The words in smaller print:

Life stories of the Gottscheer Altsiedlers (originalsettlers) and from Slovenes from the Gottscheer land)

The photo above is of the village of Moos.
Sophia Stalzer – Wyant
born near Tschermoschnitz in 1936
Immigrated to Minnesota in April of 1952