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Johannes Erwein Graf von und zu Eltz genannt Faust von Stromberg

22 Aug 1946 – 3 Dec 2019

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Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 22 Aug 1946

    Born

  2. 3 Dec 2019

    Dies, aged 73

Family

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Parents

Partner

During his lifetime

He lived through 8 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 1940s · Johannes is born

What people wore

Four Sets of Traditional Clothes

People traditionally owned four sets of clothes: daily workwear, clothes for ordinary feast days, Sunday attire, and special outfits for high religious holidays. Many people were even buried in their wedding suit, which served as their formal holiday attire.

Daily life

Manual water pumping at rural schools

In rural Austrian schools around 1945, water had to be manually pumped from a 20-meter deep well in front of the school building using a hand-operated lever and wooden pipes.

What it cost

Meager food rations in 1946 Vienna

In 1946, the official ration for a normal citizen in Vienna provided only 1,131 calories, far below the 2,200 calories recognized as the minimum to ward off disease.

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

Music

Traditional Austrian Folk Instruments

Traditional musical instruments used in regional Austrian folk music included violins, harps, zithers, dulcimers, wind instruments, and the diatonic button-key accordion known as the Styrian harmonica.

At the table

Weak coffee in post-war Austria

In the immediate post-war years, Austrians drank Blümchenkaffee, which was so weak that one could see the floral patterns on the bottom of the cup through the liquid.

Work

Working for the American Army

In the mid-1940s, a highly sought-after job was driving jeeps for the American Army, which paid five dollars and a quarter for a 50-hour work week and included a meal without needing ration points.