May, Dorothy
Title
May, Dorothy
D May
Description
192 items. An oral history interview about Dorothy May regarding the letters she wrote to her husband, her journal, photographs and documents.
An Englishwoman, Dorothy May married her German husband Paul, a stage-manager, in 1938. She wrote to him regularly in English after he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht in 1942. She continued to chronicle her experiences in Freiburg after he was declared missing during the battle of Stalingrad, in case he returned. The collection contains her letters and journal, but also the couple’s official documents including Paul's Ahnenspiegel and Wehrpaß and Dorothy's Reisepass, their visitors book, and photographs.
May, Dorothy. Photograph album. One 30 items. The album contains photographs including touring theatre and country scenes.
May, Dorothy. Photograph album. Two 24 items. The album contains photographs including agricultural working and scenes from Freiburg im Breisgau, Mannheim, Heidelberg, and Würzburg.
May. Dorothy. Photograph album. Three 9 items. This envelope contains photographs probably taken before Dorothy and Paul were engaged including hiking trips.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Mollie Caunt and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan and IBCC Digital Archive staff.
An Englishwoman, Dorothy May married her German husband Paul, a stage-manager, in 1938. She wrote to him regularly in English after he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht in 1942. She continued to chronicle her experiences in Freiburg after he was declared missing during the battle of Stalingrad, in case he returned. The collection contains her letters and journal, but also the couple’s official documents including Paul's Ahnenspiegel and Wehrpaß and Dorothy's Reisepass, their visitors book, and photographs.
May, Dorothy. Photograph album. One 30 items. The album contains photographs including touring theatre and country scenes.
May, Dorothy. Photograph album. Two 24 items. The album contains photographs including agricultural working and scenes from Freiburg im Breisgau, Mannheim, Heidelberg, and Würzburg.
May. Dorothy. Photograph album. Three 9 items. This envelope contains photographs probably taken before Dorothy and Paul were engaged including hiking trips.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Mollie Caunt and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan and IBCC Digital Archive staff.
Date
2023-10-30
2024-01-24
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
May, D
Collection Items
Falkensteinstraße Freiburg
An advertising sign "Auto reparaturen garagen" is painted on a street wall. Further along the tree lined street is an industrial building with a tall brick chimney alongside. Reverse annotated, 'M 705 Falkensteinstraße 202/207 Nr 184 (?9)'.
Residential flats
View of the reverse of a multi storey block of residential flats with steep roofs and dormer windows. Washing hangs across the balconies of the flats. The block is behind a hedge next to a cobbled road with pavement to either side, across which a dog…
A cobbled road
View along a cobbled road with pavements on either side. There are multi storey residential buildings at the far end and industrial buildings with a tall brick chimney at the near end. Reverse annotated, 'F'straße Nr 158'.
Arnulf huber
View of buildings, one with a wooden fence and open gateway, has a sign attached to the wall. Reverse annotated, 'Nr 286 N'straße. N3 Huber Schweinerei'.
Drechslerei von Schworer
View of a woodturning business with surrounding buildings. Reverse annotated, 'Nr 283'.
Number 285
View of buildings along a tree lined street with shops on the ground floor. One building has 'Backerei' painted on the side wall. Reverse annotated, 'Nr 285 (Nr4) W'straße'.
Number 282
A three storey residential block, with tiled roof, dormer windows and metal railings adjacent to the pavement. The street is tree lined and signs hang from the ground floor walls. Reverse annotated, 'Nr 282'.
Number 281
View of a two storey house with a tiled roof and dormer windows. There are other building on either side of the property, with metal railings and an industrial chimney in the background. Reverse annotated, 'Nr 281'.
Nägeleseestraße
View along a tree lined residential street with blocks of three storey houses with tiled roofs and dormer windows. Metal railing surround the properties adjacent to the pavement. Reverse annotated, 'M & Us Nägeleseestra' Nr 280 (Nr 16-20)'.
Legitimationskarte
Paul May's student identity card for the winter term including a head and shoulder portrait.
Kennekarte
Dorothy's identity card including a head and shoulder portrait, fingerprints and personal information.
Woman and child
A woman crouches down talking to a boy. They are on a pavement by a curtained window with flowerpots on the sill. Reverse annotated, '1937' and printed 'Foto Dietzgen, 2139, Freiburg i/Br'.
Two women and a child
Two women, with a boy, stand on a pavement by a window with flowers on the sill. Reverse annotated, '1937' and printed 'Foto Dietzgen, 21369, Freiburg i/Br'.
Woman on a hillside
Dorothy sits on a hillside eating with a rucksack and walking stick beside her. There are wooded hills in the background. Reverse is annotated and stamped, 'Foto Dietzgen 21126 Freiburg I/Br."
Woman and a cat
A woman, holding the paws of a cat in her hands, looks out from a curtained window. Reverse annotated, "Mutter Irina Febr 37".
Nägeleseestraße
View of a tree lined residential street. The two storey terraced houses has a tiled roof with dormer windows and chimneys. Reverse annotated, "NL 284 (Haus NR 6&8) Nägeleseestraße".
Woman and cat
A woman, holding a cat, looks out from an open curtained window. Reverse annotated, "Mother Feb 37".
Views of Falkensteinstrasse
1) A four storey uniform building with a tiled roof and dormer windows. The widows on each storey have external shutters and there are bicycles leaning against the railings to the front of the building. Annotated n the reverse.
2) A modern view…
2) A modern view…
Wedding day
Paul and Dorothy walking arm in arm. Annotated, "Frontispiece: Paul and Dorothy on their wedding day 5 April 1938"
