I am a Granddaughter of the late Richard P. Goral. He was born prior to 1920 in Wisconsin and was the youngest of 11 brothers and sisters. In a U. S. census his father, born 1874 in Illinois, reports all of his and his spouces parents were born in Poland/Germany on each of the four persons.
In researching the proper origin, I learned that several Goral's had also migrated to Brazil. So, what you say about German Goral's in Brazil makes sence.
To put it in a nutshell, modern Poland and part of Germany occupy what was Prussia. There were 5 provences, one included Berlin and Frankfurt. Eastern Prussia spoke Russian and in the west they spoke German. Prussia no longer exists.
Prussia was at the heart of World War II. Hitler began the war by attempting to take a large chunk of the German speaking Prussion lands to be under German rule. Prussian allies defended Prussia, WWII snowballed and escalated from there.
I hope this helps. As to the Brazil/Germany question, this is only what I can recall from my own family research. As to this line of my family research I'd be interested in learning who the migrating parens were of John Goral Born 1874 in Illinois and of his wife Katherine(sp) Goral Born in 1877 posibly October in Wisconsin. They had 11 children who's birth's occure over a span of 22 years, from the first in 1897 to the youngest born in 1919, all in Wisconsin. Any further information is hoped for.
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