Anyway, back to the LOST. When Bob Myer called me in July, one question he asked me was who did my mother pay to get Dad out of the concentration camp? I had no idea. Bob said he remembers his mother having trouble scraping together the money. That would not have been a problem for us. It was another unanswered puzzle piece for us to ponder.
On March 30, Bob came to Tucson for our last visit until we meet again. Bernd dug out all the books and documentation he had for Bob to browse. And Bob browsed.
In Jan. 2010 I met Renate Neuman and since then I have read the published and translated book which was the journal that Renate's mother kept. Bernd also had this book and it was one that Bob was browsing through. There on page 25 Bob glanced and saw a reference to "the German Escape Tax". Renate's family did not pay it so could not leave legally. We (Meyers and Weinbergs) must have paid it as we left legally. So Bob's question was answered. His mother paid the German Escape Tax.
This is another piece of our history puzzle that we are finding out about. It has reminded me to keep a record of all I find, since I can't ask my now deceased family.
I know I have spelled "Meyer" and "Myer" and they are both correct. In Germany it was "Meyer".
And another question Bob asked was how we are related. I have a genealogy program, Reunion, and saw that our grandmothers were sisters. Now I'm almost finished adding information about our family. Corrections and photos have been added. Just a few missing pieces and I can share it with the family, not sure if they are all interested, but if they save it, it will be there. They don't all have to start when they are in their 60's and 70's like I did. It is fun ... and time consuming.
Until we meet again ... sounds like a song to me.
