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Barbara - Schweinheim Germany 1962 Born in a southern Bayern town of West Germany called Aschaffenburg, my Mother and I moved from Germany to Indiana in 1963. She brought with her; a lifestyle taught from generations of family farmers. They were so self-reliant, they collected bricks from fallen houses to rebuild. World War II was not kind to this area and many homes were destroyed. My grandmother and her family collected thousands of bricks to rebuild their homes. With a wheelbarrow and by hand! I envision a barn raising where everyone helped each other. What a sight it must of been. The small village named Schweinheim, was their home. This majestic hamlet of the larger settlement, Aschaffenburg, had fertile soil and plenty of water streaming from the hills that sprinkled the countryside. Her family raised everything they needed to feed their family on a small parcel. It was urban farming of the 1950’s. The pristine farms scattered the lush countryside with a bea
