Hi Raimey/ Mr. Ellenbr,

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Many here in the U.S. of A. are waiting with baited breath, with some like myself await any fallen leaf of info from the Sauer research tree.


I like your wording, really, I do!

OK, here are some more fallen leafs from our 2007 trip:



The (former) Haenel factory, located in the centre of Suhl.





The Sauer Villa. “Franzens Feste” (Franz’ fortress), build for Franz Sauer. There, the two Sauer brothers Rolf and Hans were living. Said Villa (a very nice one) was offered on ebay/Germany for sale two months ago. I don’t know, who’s the current owner, but he must be lucky…..



The famous (notorious) Suhl Archive, were all the Sauer files are stored/piled up. Looks like a jail? In fact, it is (was) a jail. In the thirties it was the Gestapo’s jail, after the war it was the jail of the Stasi (GDR’s Gestapo). You can’t just walk in – you have to ask for permission to enter it (and normally, you will be allowed to leave - but who knows exactly). In a room, what was the former interrogation room (now without a single-mirrored glass plane, but with a normal glass plane to the next room) you will receive the Sauer files for examination under strict supervision of a person sitting in the next room watching you carefully . It’s quiet surreal…..

Best regards

Martin