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Rehder – Company Founded 1886 Westerland-Sylt
The Largest Shoe Shop Here Main Shop: Maybachstrasse
Shop: Strandstrasse
Mr. Theodor Rehder 6 July 1910
BERLIN (Iowa.)
Dear cousin!
Pardon me for not sending any pictures, but I have not yet finished them all. The photos of the Indians turned out really well, only a few are a bit hazy since they did not stand still. The photos of Florenz & Theodor Jr. are also quite good as well as those of the bank and the dance hall of Berlin. I will send you all the photos next week.
It has been almost 4 weeks since I left New York for Hamburg, nearly 6 weeks since we were in Chicago together, how time flies, but I still think about the past days quite a lot.
It surely has to be very warm where you are and fruits like cherries and plums will soon be ripe. We are also having the most beautiful weather here every day und more foreigners are coming to Westerland every day. We sell several white shoes every day. The spa orchestra that plays music at the beach every day has also arrived on the June 1. 35 men this summer, now we have the most beautiful concerts here every day. I will open our second store on June 15, right now I am still in the main store. I wish you were here, you would surely see some great things. Mr. Höpner from Trier wants to visit me in July, when he returns he will tell you about my homeland. He is in Lübeck at the moment, I received a postcard yesterday. I was very pleased to meet him, I only regret that I did not visit him in Trier.
When I left you, you asked me to send you a diamond ring. A couple of days ago, I had a good opportunity and bought 3. The stones are all very clear. One ring has 3 stones (similar to mine), but two stones are a little bit smaller. I can offer you this ring for 65 dollars. The second ring only has one stone, but it is a beautiful one, this ring can also be worn by a man. The price is 75 dollars (if you were to buy it in America it would cost you 100-105 dollars). The third ring is for men, but can also be worn by women. This one has a big stone, very nicely set and shining like fire. This one would cost at least 170-180 dollars in America, I can offer you this ring for 120 dollars. The professional, who looked over the stones after I had handed them in for inspection, said that the stones are all very clear and good ones.
If you would like to have one of the 3 stones, just write me and I will send them to you, well packed, as I told Tami, and no one will suspect a thing. Louis also said that he would like to have one, maybe you could tell him, too.
I hope you can read the German, for this reason I am writing on the typewriter. Just write me the American size in the boot size, then I will send you the corresponding size in German boots. It is now 9:30 p.m. here and I will go out for a walk on the beach and enjoy a bit of sea air.
I hope you will receive this letter in good health, I am feeling never very well and the climate here suits me better than the one in America.
With sincere greetings to you, Martha and the children. I remain yours,
Max H. Rehder
Daddy and Mommy send their regards to you.
Please send my love to all the uncles, aunts, all family and acquaintances.
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Letter from Max Rehder to Theodor Rehder, 1910
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Letter to Thedor Rehder from his German relative Max Rehder from Sylt in 1910.
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6/6/1910
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Max Rehder
____________ Nordseebad Westerland – Sylt, 21 Sept. 1914
Bank Account:
Husumer Bank in Husum
____________
phone No. 94.
Dear Theodor and family!
I have only received your lovely letter today and I am delighted. You will have to pardon me for not sending you any letters in such a long time, but we are going through some very hard times here at the moment and I do not feel like writing any letters. As you may know, Germany is at war with France, England, Russia and Japan and the main battle field now is in front of Paris and in Russia. Thank God, we have triumphed up until now, the French are getting a beating every day, by now they do not even know where to go to. We Germans are doing really well, even the Austrians are winning on a daily basis and at the moment we are having the great battle of Lemberg, where mainly Austrians are fighting against the Russians. But the Germans are also on their way. The British have also sent soldiers to France for help but they are already wiped out. The fortress Maubeuge in France, where the British had a large ammunitions depot, surrendered a couple of days ago and gave Germany 40,000 captives and many cannons. Belgium is totally occupied by us, except for Antwerp, and the Belgian army is almost completely wiped out. I think Belgium has stopped existing and probably will join Germany, it is already under German administration anyway.
As we are told here you do not learn anything true about this disastrous war over in America, your newspapers have only written about the great victories of England, France and Russia, when really all they got were beatings. Sylt is also a small camp, we are waiting for the damn British, but these cowards are nowhere to be seen. I am not a soldier yet, since I had not served in the army, but if I get drafted, come to Sylt and go to the guard station.
What damage this miserable war has brought to Westerlandf, just think, until Aug 2 Westerland was full of guests, we have not had such a beautiful season in a long time. There was not enough room for all the guests, they had to sleep in schools and barns and then all of a sudden on Aug 2 (the day of the mobilization) Westerland was like a morgue. The guests were wild, everybody wanted to go home, the steam ships could not cope with the traffic. There is nothing going on here now, we still have most of our beach sandals in the warehouse, they can be salted now. Like I told you back then, this spring, we have built a big house that is in the very best location of Westerland, with 30 rooms for rent and now we have only been able to rent this big house out for 4 weeks. Just think such a large house costs a lot of money, approx. 120,000.00 and we could have made a lot of money with it, because it is in the best location, and now we have barely earned the interest. I will add a picture of it and a construction plan, so you can picture it. But when Germany wins the war, there will be a lot of money to be earned, the next season might not be as good. Everyone can make money after the war, because so many things have to be repaired. On Sylt, there will also be the possibility to make money and speculate with construction sites. If you have extra money, come over and we will make a deal! Mr. Wrage from Gladbrook wanted to come to Sylt, but decided not to because of the war, he now lives in Burg on the canal und I will definitely visit him there soon, so we can talk a lot about America.
We are all fine here and as I can see from your letter you are also doing well and that is the main thing. Dad is still working in the bank and has a lot to do because many people come and want their money. My branch in the ,,Strandstraße“ has been closed since Aug 2. Henry Voss and his brother Richard were here for a visit right when the war started, he then received a telegraph and had to leave immediately, now he is 50 km away from Paris and beats up the French. We often receive postcards and until now he has always been able to escape, let us hope it stays that way. I could write you a lot more about the war in this letter, but we are not allowed to by law. It happens that the British seize the post ships in order to take all the German post, the bandits perform the most evil actions. Please, send me a card and tell me if you have received this letter, I am really curious!
How is it in Berlin [now Lincoln, IA], is the city getting any larger? As I can see from the statement of the German Savings Bank you are still doing some great deals and that is the main thing. I will add a 1 mark note in the attachment, you can keep it to remember the great war in Germany, because Germany has now emitted these notes to finance the war, which costs 40 million daily. For every 10000.00 mark in gold that is given to the Reichsbank, 20000.00 mark will be issued in paper money, the new notes, just like the one I added, will be retracted after war.
Now, I will end this letter and am sending my sincere greetings to all of you,
Yours, Hans Rehder
Please, send my regards to Henry Voss and to all of the relatives and acquaintances!
This morning a zeppelin airship came flying over Westerland, it was a military air cruiser. It was flying far over the ? to see the enemy
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Letter from Max Rehder to Theodor Rehder, 1914
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Letter from Max Rehder in early years of First World War to relatives in Iowa. Max is notably confident and strikes a cheery tone.
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Rehder, Max
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Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
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9/25/1914
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1914
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Max Rehder Nordseebad Westerland-Sylt, 12 Feb 1920
_____________
Bank Account:
Husumer Bank in Husum
_____________
Phone No. 94.
Dear Theodor & family,
I do not know if you have received my letters of Sep 19 and Oct 29 of the last year, because of the inconstant postal traffic to America. It used to go through France and England back then; it often happened that the letters did not arrive. I have not heard from you except for your greetings for New Years!
I once again want to tell you about my request concerning a small loan. You must think that we are having a hard time here in Germany, because he is so short of money, but that, dearest Theodor, is really not the case.
I have earned quite a lot of money since leaving the army, because it is still possible to make enough money in Germany and even though we are going through hard times, there is still a lot of trading going on!
Well, the thing is, the dollar rates are very high here, and if I could now borrow dollars from America, I could exchange them into German marks and I would get a huge amount of German money! The more cash money you have, the more deals can be made, and I could provide for myself a bit better so to speak!
If you were to lend me some amount of money you would not have to do it without security! I am familiar with the handling of money and know that sponsors demand a security! But my father is willing to give you this security, by giving you first-ranked mortgage certificates and he will also grant a guarantee!
Father is doing very well, Henry Voss's father from Itzehoe can confirm that! Father owns a debt-free estate und this estate is in the best location of Westerland! So, if you were to lend me an amount in dollars, you would not have to take any risks!
I could make a lot of money with it now and after a couple of years, maybe after 6 years, when the exchange rate is better, I could repay you the amount in dollars including interest.
So, dearest Theodor, think about it and tell me what you think!
At the moment, we are living in the times of election and yesterday it took place in the first zone! Unfortunately, most of the people voted for Denmark, which means that parts of Schleswig – Holstein will now be Danish territory! We are living here in the second zone and the vote will be on March 7 of this year. But here people will mostly vote for Germany, because the sympathies here are with Germany.
Apart from that we are all doing quite well and I hope you do, too! Winter has been harsher over the last couple of days, it was rather mild before! Today it is really stormy!
Henry Voss now wants to visit us during spring, maybe you could join him! You can live cheaply here in Germany with your dollars, a trip here would cost you Americans almost nothing.
The political situation is still pretty unclear and dark clouds are everywhere!
The Entente is now demanding the extradition of our military leaders, so all the competent people are to be punished. But our administration is not going to submit to these shameful demands and the German people are all agreed on not letting the people be extradited.
The German administration has agreed to everything and signed and is eager to follow the agreement, but this dishonorable demand cannot be accepted.
These people have done nothing else for their Fatherland than doing their duty! And now they are to be punished for it, it just does not make any sense!
I will end this letter now! I really hope to hear from you really soon, also how Martha and the children are doing and what you have been up to?
My parents also send their sincere greetings.
Yours,
Hans Rehder
Please send my regards to all the relatives and your mother!
During the vote, first stamps have been issued! A sample is on the envelope! If you, Theodor are a stamp collector, I can get you a set!
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Letter from Max Rehder to Theodor Rehder, 1920
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Letter from Max Rehder to relatives in Iowa in 1920. He comments pessimisstically upon the post-war sitation and local business prospects.
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Rehder, Max
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Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
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2/12/1920
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Box #1, Ted Rehder Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
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1920-02-12; Berlin, Iowa; Tama County; Husum, Germany; Schleswig-Holstein; Westerland, Germany; Sylt, Germany
1920
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Finance
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Husum, Germany
Personal Correspondence
Rehder, Max
Schleswig-Holstein
Sylt, Germany
Weimar Republic
Westerland, Germany
World War I
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Westerland, Sylt, 15 Jan 1931
Dear Theodor & family!
I have received your lovely letter with all your news and I am really happy about it. Every time I hear about America, I get homesick. I have waited until today to write back to you, because I wanted to send you a check over 420.00 Reich marks. But I did not manage to do so because we are going through bad times, so I can only send you 200.00 marks today.
Dear Theodor, you have to be satisfied with this for today because money in Germany is starting to become a rarity. There is no money left. Business is slow because nobody has the money to buy anything. Just imagine, there are about 5 million unemployed people in Germany, you can imagine how trade is suffering because of that.
Of course, we own a large warehouse for our footwear, but what good is that when the purchasing power is non-existent. I could easily send you several 100 pairs of shoes, but that does not work.
But Theodor, you do not have to worry, even though the times are bad, your money is safe and I will repay you. I am sure that money is not so scarce where you are and that you do not necessarily need it now.
Health-wise, we are all fine, which is very important. Dad, mother, they are all still alive and well and my brother John is about to get married on Jan 20. His bride is from Gelsenkirchen, which is in the Rhine area. My brother, as you know, owns a café and a guest house in Kampen on Sylt and his bride is very competent in his business.
We can only guess what the next season will bring, but I am sure less than before, because travel is dwindling. But we do not want to lose hope, because even though we are going through hard times, we can make it through if we are cautious and save our money.
If Germany could only free itself from the damn Youngplan, a lot would change. But we have such a cowardly administration that says yes to everything our former enemies lay upon us. Now they started to organize a national administration for Germany and I think everything will be different then. Then we will have decent people back at the top and not all of the traffickers and Jews.
We do not really have winters here and only 8 days of snow, today it is raining again.
Tell me, when will someone of the family come over to Germany to visit us! Make it happen and come over or at least send Louis or George.
I seem to only hear from you, but I want to write to Uncle Peter today as well.
For now I send my regards to you and please write to me soon. Yours,
Hans Rehder
Stamps on the stationery:
Death to the lie, do away with the Dawes Plan!
Think of your child and the future! Become a National Socialist. The big daily paper of National Socialism is the People’s Observer Munich.
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Letter from Max Rehder to Theodor Rehder, January 1931
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German Relatives; Correspondence; Weimar Republic; National Socialism; Young Plan; Financial Trouble; Business; Marriage; anti-Semitism
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Letter from Max Rehder in January, 1931. He discusses financial troubles, the coming "national government," business prospects, and antipathy towards Jews. Of note are the National Socialist stickers attached to the letter.
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Rehder, Max
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Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
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1/15/1931
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Box #1, Ted Rehder Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
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1931-01-15; Berlin, Iowa; Tama County; Schleswig-Holstein; Sylt, Germany; Westerland, Germany; Gelsenkirchen, Germany;
1931
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Gelsenkirchen, Germany
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National Socialism
Personal Correspondence
Rehder, Max
Schleswig-Holstein
Sylt, Germany
Weimar Republic
Westerland, Germany
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My dear Theodor and family!
I feel so embarrassed writing you because I cannot repay you even if I wanted to. Sales are so slow that I need the small income to live on and pay taxes. I always ponder about how to do it and how to satisfy you, but for now there is no way out.
The people do not have money, nobody can buy anything and earning money is unthinkable.
Because of the deflation, I have lost approx. 120,00.00 marks regarding my warehouse. Lost it and now I have to sell my goods for the purchasing price or less on a daily basis.
The situation here in Germany, which I cannot even begin to explain to you, is frantic.
We are now putting all our hope into the Hitler administration, if Adolf Hitler is not able to take over soon, there will be nothing left other than Bolshevism.
100,000 people do not have anything to eat, they live off of welfare. A 4-person family gets 22.00 marks a week. So 4 people are supposed to live with 22.00 marks for 7 days straight, buy heating and dress themselves! You can calculate that this is not enough to feed them.
My dear Theodor, if the worst is not going to happen, then something has to change soon and then I hope to be able to meet my obligations again.
I am so sorry, but the circumstances are to fault because it is my sincere wish to meet my obligations.
Health-wise we are all fine, thank god! Dad, though, is not really feeling well since he had a minor stroke last year, which he has not seemed to recover from. Mother is much better and still bears her age well.
My wife and 2 children are healthy, my youngest daughter is now 1 ½ years old and I am truly enjoying it. The children are the only thing that can bring happiness nowadays anyway.
How are you, I hope you are fine.
My dear Theodor, please do not be angry with me, I want to, but I am truly not able to.
I send my regards to you and your family, father and mother also send their regards
Yours,
Hans Rehder
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Letter from Max Rehder to Theodor Rehder, 1932
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German Relatives; Correspondence; Weimar Republic; National Socialism; Business; Financial Trouble; Bolshevism; Adolf Hitler
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Letter from Max Rehder discussing his pessism regarding German politics and current business prospects, as well as his only hope in the coming "Hitler Government." Of note is the stamped swastika on the bottom.
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Rehder, Max
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Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
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12/28/1932
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Letter
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German
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TEXT; IMAGE
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Box #1, Ted Rehder Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
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1932-12-28; Berlin, Iowa; Tama County; Schleswig-Holstein; Sylt, Germany; Westerland, Germany;
1932
Adolf Hitler
Bolshevism
Business
Finance
German Relatives
National Socialism
Personal Correspondence
Rehder, Max
Schleswig-Holstein
Sylt, Germany
Weimar Republic
Westerland, Germany
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World War I
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Postcard from Theodor Rehder with image of Berlin, Iowa German Savings Bank, 1916
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Banking; Postcards; Correspondence; Business; Anti-Germanness; World War I
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Postcard from Theodor Rehder with image of Berlin, Iowa's German Savings Bank on front.
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Theodor Rehder
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Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
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6/16/1916
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Postcard
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English
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Box #1, Ted Rehder Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
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1916-06-16; Berlin, Iowa; Tama County; Gladbrook, Iowa
1916
Anti-German Sentiment
Banking
Business
Personal Correspondence
World War I
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Brewing
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The Brewer's Convention
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German-Language Newspapers; Temperance; Anti-Germanness; Business; Brewing; Christian Magnus; Eagle Brewery; Iowa Supreme Court; Legislation;
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Article on Iowa Brewer's Convention occuring in midst of prohibition legislation. The members therefore pledge to fight the convention in courts and raise funds.
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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1884-04-25
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Newspaper Article
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German
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Iowa City Historical Library Newspaper Collection Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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1884-04-25; Independence, Iowa; Buchanan County; Burlington, Iowa; Davenport, Iowa; Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1884
Anti-German Sentiment
Brewing
Business
German-Language Newspapers
Legislation
Temperance and Prohibition