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Paula Gräfin zu Konigsegg-Aulendorf

22 May 1925 – 6 Jan 2019

5 facts1 source

Facts and their sources

  • Born22 May 1925not verified1 source
  • Died6 Jan 2019not verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 22 May 1925

    Born

  2. 15 May 1949

    A daughter is born

  3. 6 Jan 2019

    Dies, aged 93

Family

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Partner

Children · 1

During her lifetime

She lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

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

The 1920s · Paula is born

What people wore

Low daily wages for field work

Working women often received only 24 kreutzers for a full day of field work, while young boys received 12 kreutzers for their help.

Getting around

Avoiding third-class rail travel

When third-class train tickets were the only ones available, passengers sometimes spent the entire journey in the restaurant carriage to avoid sitting in uncomfortable, crowded cars.

At the table

Sweet main courses and Sunday meat

Sweet dishes like dumplings filled with plum jam, poppy seed noodles, or pancakes were frequently served as a main course, especially on Fridays or traditional fast days. In contrast, meat dishes were saved for Sunday dinners or special family occasions like weddings and funerals.

The Great Depression. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 set off a world depression: banks failed, work vanished and coffee prices collapsed in Brazil.Around the world · 1929–1939

The Great Depression. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 set off a world depression: banks failed, work vanished and coffee prices collapsed in Brazil.

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Music

Popular Bagpipe and Violin Duos

In the Chodsko region, small musical duos of bagpipe and violin were highly popular for weddings and local festivals because they were inexpensive and portable. Musicians in these groups played by memory, often improvising melodies and rhythmic variations during the music.

Daily life

Bathing rituals in the household

Families used a single tin bathtub brought into the kitchen, which was filled with water heated on a stove. To conserve resources, the entire family bathed in the same water, typically with children going first, followed by the wife, and finally the husband.

What it cost

Low agricultural wages for families

Some women working in agriculture earned only 24 kreutzers per day for labor lasting from sunrise to sunset, while young boys received 12 kreutzers.