Jutta and Josef Schrodl: Two Childhoods During and After World War II and Later Life in Rural Germany
- Categories
- Appalachian Collections > Appalachian Folklife Archive
- Subject
- Appalachia
- Oral histories--Appalachia
- Folklore--Appalachia
- Creator
- Diekmann, Fabian
- Schrodl, Josef
- Schrodl, Jutta
- Type
- text and audio
- Coverage - Temporal
- 2018
- Date
- 2018-11-27
- 2020-06-15
- Identifier
- FA218.446.03.pdf
- Language
- english
- Publisher
- Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center. Radford University
- Archives & Special Collections. McConnell Library. Radford University
- Description
- In this project Fabian Diekmann interviewed his grandparents, Josef and Jutta Schrodl, who currently live in Germany. The interview was conducted over the phone and in German. During this interview, Ms. Schrodl spoke of growing up in what is now Poland, and Mr. Schrodl spoke of growing up in what is today the Czech Republic. Both spoke of life on a farm, and complications of living where they did during World War II. Ms. Schrodl gave first hand accounts of life during World War II include hiding in a house which was then burned down by Russian soldiers, and having to help take care of the family and children despite the fact that she too was a young child. Mr. Schrodl was far from the battlefields, and spoke mostly about life on a farm and the various ways they gathered food and did work. This interview is among projects created by students enrolled in English 446 (initially English 452), “Appalachian Folklore,” 1981-2019, and in graduate level counterparts English 548 and 648 “Appalachian Folk Culture(s)” offered 17 fall semesters between 1987 and 2009. Minimally contain collector’s introduction and analysis, transcribed informant interviews, and excerpted and labeled examples of oral, customary, and/or material folklore/folklife collected primarily within the Appalachian region. Most include also tables of contents, informant information, indexes (outlines) of interviews, photographs, miscellaneous paper items, and indexes of informants, genres, and geographic locations. Accompanying audio recordings (several minutes to 2+ hours). Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.
- Rights
- All rights are reserved by the original creators and their informants, excepting those expressly provided in a permission form on file in the Archives offices. Content is available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections, Radford University, Radford, VA). Any commercial use of the materials, without the written permission of Radford University, is strictly prohibited. Please refer to the McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections website for more information.