I'd like to be able to find any info on my grandparents, all from
Koenigsberg, with only 1 grandmother still living.
Fathers side :
Heinrich Palakszt/Helga
Sasse (b. ~1910)
Children: Peter (b. 1942), Renate (b. 1944)
Brother:
Horst Palakszt
Professions: Painters
Mothers side: Richard
Becker / Herta Thorun (b. ~1914)
Children:
Helmut (b.~1930),
Lore (b.~1935), Peter (b.~1941), Brigitte (b.16/11/1943).
Lutheran church family.
Professions: Painter/Millner
Ext family: Herta - Hella Thorun, Erna Thorun (married Kurt Newger), plus another 3?? sisters.
Richard - 11??? siblings.
To best of my knowledge, all were born in
Koenigsberg, grandfathers Richard
Becker and
Heinrich Palakszt served in WW2, captured by British and Russian forces respectively. Grandmother Herta fled with children west at end of WW2. Grandmother Helga was interred in Russian camp. Uncle
Helmut Becker was just old enough to join
Hitler Youth prior to end of WW2.
Believe that both families spent time in a refugee settlement before being accepted into the west, settling in Pinneberg, before emmigrating to Australia in 1958-1960.
I'd like to be able to track down any history of both families.
Grandmother says that Palakszt name was adopted by her in-law parents or in-law grandparents but isn't aware of previous name (possibly Palax). Also believes that
Sasse may have been Von
Sasse 2-3 generations prior.