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Prince Franz Alexander, 9th Prince of Isenburg

Birstein, 22 Jul 1943 – 5 May 2018

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A life in time

  1. 22 Jul 1943

    Born in Birstein

  2. 21 Oct 1971

    A daughter is born

  3. 5 May 2018

    Dies, aged 74

Family

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Children · 1

During his lifetime

He lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Birstein.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1940s · Prince is born in Birstein

Daily life

Schooling and Daily Costs for Children

Children typically attended day schools, carrying their books and lunches in long tin satchels. At schools like the Pestalozzi Fröbel Haus, pupils could purchase milk for 5 pfennigs or dine at school for 10 pfennigs.

News and letters

Berlin pneumatic tube mail system

Berlin used a pneumatic tube system (Rohrpost) with speeds up to 50 km/h to rapidly transport urgent documents like telegrams across the city through 255 kilometers of tubes.

News and letters

Field post delivery times during wartime

During World War II, field post delivery times varied by front; for example, mail to the northern Eastern Front took 5 to 9 days, while mail to the southern Eastern Front took 12 to 16 days.

In Europe1948–1952

The Marshall Plan

American aid of some $13 billion rebuilt the ruined economies of Western Europe.

The Second World War. The deadliest war in history, from 1939 to 1945: some 70 million people died. Brazil sent 25,000 soldiers to fight in Italy.Around the world · 1939–1945

The Second World War. The deadliest war in history, from 1939 to 1945: some 70 million people died. Brazil sent 25,000 soldiers to fight in Italy.

Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent · public domain
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The United States dropped atomic bombs on two Japanese cities, killing well over 100,000 people; Japan surrendered and the war ended.Around the world · 1945

Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The United States dropped atomic bombs on two Japanese cities, killing well over 100,000 people; Japan surrendered and the war ended.

George R. Caron / Charles Levy · public domain

In Europe1941–1945

The Holocaust

Nazi Germany and its collaborators murdered six million Jews, and Roma, disabled people and others, in camps and mass shootings.