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Biography of Karl Adalbert Greier by Johanna Greier titled Book Nine: The biography of my father, Karl Adalbert Greier.
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| Reference | L/C/258/E/2 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Scope and Content | Chapter One includes details about the Greier family, including information about Karl's early life, childhood and family background; his early career as a ladies' hairdresser; his move to Jersey in 1930 and meeting his wife Ellen Lucy Peace with whom he had four children; life in Jersey during the 1930s, mentioning involvement with the Jersey Chess Club and attempts to obtain British nationality; life during the Occupation, including details of his employment as an interpreter at Field Command 515; his conscription into the German Army following the Battle of Stalingrad; his capture and internment as a prisoner of war in Russia, referring to his hospitalisation and attempts to make contact with his family; his return to Jersey in 1948; and life after the war, including the death of Ellen in 1955, remarriage to Patricia Cogle in 1958 and birth of children, obtaining British nationality, his hairdressing business and details of the final years of his life up to his death in 1985. Chapters Two and Three include Johanna's recollections of her childhood and life in Jersey during the Occupation, including life with her whole family up to 1943 and thereafter with her siblings and mother following Karl's conscription into the Germany Army. Includes: recollections of living on Samarés Avenue' remarks about German soldiers' recollections of events including of goods from a Spanish freight vessel washing ashore in 1944, an explosion at the Palace Hotel and the arrival of SS Vega; comments about her mother; and day-to-day life during the Occupation, including religion with details of Catholic upbringing, schooling at St Clement's School, and rationing. Also includes recollections of friends, families and other individuals in Jersey during the Occupation. |
| Names | Barnett, Anthony John Boot, Florence Buckingham, Annie Maud Rachel, née Lemprière Cabot, Clarence George Cabot, Elsie May, née Buckingham Channing, Douglas Bertram Channing, Julie, née Greier de Rue, Tony de Rue, Gabrielle Augustine Estelle, née Tillier Demmler, Major Dubras, Mr Frohman, Louis Greier, Adalbert Greier, Caroline Greier, Charles Harry Greier, Ellen Lucy, née Peace Greier, Gustav Greier, Howard Josef Greier, Johanna Greier, Johanna, née Zuber Greier, Josef Greier, Julie Greier, Karl Adalbert Greier, Priska Hamon, Maureen Christine Hidrio, Fred Hidrio, Mrs Knackfuss, Colonel Knight, Mr Landick, Sheena May Lawrence, Donald Henry Leader, Charles William Nicholas, Annie Maud Rachel, née Lemprière Painter, Miss Peace, Julie Reed, Ellen Maureen Reed, Raymond Schumacher, Colonel Stranger, Grace, née Robilliard Troy, Anne Helen Troy, Richard Van Humbeeck, Arthur André Laurent Joseph Aliens Office Charles Gents Hairdressers Field Command 515 Jersey Chess Club Jersey Evening Post Leos Limited Organisation Todt Palace Hotel Pomme D'Or Hotel Ritz Hotel SS Brittany SS Vega St Clement's School St Mary and St Peter's Roman Catholic Church Vann (beauty shop) |
| Keywords | armed services | austrian | catholicism | children's homes | conscription | Correspondence | hairdressers | Hairdressing | families | interpreters | Letters | missing persons | Occupation | prisoner of war camps | Prisoners of war | Rationing | repatriations | Second World War | soldiers | radios |
| Category | L/C-Personal and estate |
| Places | Bath Street, Charing Cross, F B Cottages, Georgetown, Kensington Place, King Street, Rochford, Kensington Place, La Collette, 194, Le Marais Estate, Marina Avenue, Queen Street, 1, Samarès Avenue, 8, Samarès Avenue, 17, Samarès Avenue, 19, Samarès Avenue, 28, Samarès Avenue, Samarès Avenue, St Luke, Victoria College House, Australia, Austria, Montreux, Mürzzuschlag, Paris, St Veit an der Glan, Switzerland, Vienna |
| Dimensions | 30 papers |
| Language | English |
| Level of description | File |