Galka Home in Elbing

Elbing (now Elblag, Poland) lies just south of the Baltic Sea in what was former called "East Prussia."

City of Elbing/Elblag in 2001

The former Galka/Scheffler home was in this city (now part of Poland). This is the city center.

Galka/Scheffler House before 1945

The former Scheffler house at an address earlier called Tannenbergallee 92, (but the satellite dishes are new).

Now Grundwaldzka

The name of the street has changed and is in Polish now, but the number remains.

Port of Elbing/Elblag

Today the city of Elbing/Elblag has its own business port with access to the Baltic.

Haffschlößchen ("Little Harbor Castle")

It was in this building north of Elbing, not far from the Baltic Sea, that Hilda Scheffler first met Gustl Nikl. Their daughter and grandson stand in front of it in June, 2001.

It was from such a green landscape with abundant fresh water that Carolina had left for a desert vista by the Great Salt Lake around 1900.
The two sisters never saw each other again, but their descendants have been more fortunate.

Elbing (now Elblag, Poland) lies just south of the Baltic Sea in what was former called "East Prussia."