Monday, January 25, 2016

a 1942 scene with helen mengel in ontelaunee township.

helen (hollenbach) mengel in 1942, alongside her then soon to be husband, carl mengel, at his parents' home in ontelaunee township. 

helen has a poem in the first volume for this poetry project. but interviewing her separately for her life story led to new information to share, that she'll be 92 in a few weeks and worked with five german war prisoners (former nazi soldiers) at the inspections office of the reading airport when it was used as a military air base during and after world war ii.


the photo is courtesy of her son kenneth mengel.

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