The Landjahr (country service year) was a concept of the Hitler Youth and BDM – Bund Deutscher Maedel (League of German Girls), whose aim was to furnish voluntary agricultural assistance in Germany’s eastern provinces. The service was voluntary except in the case of university students who were obliged to perform their Landjahr (it was, in…
read moreI just found this web site today entitled “Landjahr.” Notice closely, the symbol on the front cover of the book on the web site and compare it with the cover of my mother’s book! After 20 years I found what the meaning of this symbol is on the cover of my mother’s book “Land Jahr Seidorf.” …
read moreI just received an email from a personal friend of mine who asked me to elaborate more on the book. Twenty-one years ago, underneath the end table in my parents’ bedroom, I found a very strange hand-made book. The stained green hard cover has a red cloth emblem on the lower right hand corner. It…
read moreToday was an incredible day! I found an editor who has connections with a publisher in California! My editor is guiding me as to the format to use to type the manuscript. I am putting in over 9 hours a day working on the research and manuscript. I should be finished within two weeks. Once…
read moreApril 14, 2011 – Goal: Looking for Literary Agents to help me publish my mother’s book “Landjahr Seidorf” Twenty years ago, underneath the end table in my parents’ bedroom, I found a very strange hand-made book. The stained green hard cover has a red cloth emblem on the lower right hand corner. It is bounded with a…
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