Christa's Museum

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MISTAKES.

The very beginning of the article (before the first part with its title in bold) seems to be written by a person who doesn't know facts. Christa's Mum (Katharina Elisabeth, née Scherz) died in 1900, NOT in 1914.

In the 2nd from bottom part (about France) information about tragic event isn't correct. A gang led by Lambert was responsible for the end.

(Originally, 2 version existed. One was about anti-fascists mistook Christa & Gentet for fascist spies (failed to provide documents), and another was about fascists shot Christa & Gentet as anti-fascist. The first version is what Dorothy Thompson read, and after she had asked French embassy (ambassador, as far as I remember) for investigation, the 2nd version is the result.)

(Shortly: Mädchen in Uniform film has book version, and it has a big part about events from Manuela's birth. There's ch. 4 focused on Christmas bazaar (kind of a concert) and an events after it, and a friend's Mum is based on somebody who could be Chris' *wishful thinking* wife, but they were close friends, the woman in question was married & had a daughter, so it wasn't possible, unfortunately.)

NEW INFORMATION

A separate story with an alternative version of the events described above is Sylvia und Sybille.

Less than a day ago, thanks to an Instagram story (a shared post), I visited a site of a publishing house (fir theatre plays( which has the version of the whole modern stage play, but until now, it had been available for people who want to stage the play.

Now, however, a part of the play is free as a PDF file (on Sylvia und Sybille 's page): https://www.felix-bloch-erben.de/de/fbe/verlag/werke/11765 Not only this, but unlike in the site, this file has full names of the characters

The only one I craved to know since "the beginning of times" (since my interest in the story) is Sybille's surname (Sylvia's is know because of father.)

Sybille von Hagen

(a friend Fritz's Mum.)

My first realisation was Ilse von WestHAGEN from Mädchen in Uniform. Then I had remembered previous realisation (see the post linked in the beginning of this one) and it dawned on me . . . the woman in question had von as well, actually. (Not in the linked post. I forgot this, sorry.) The surname of this woman begins with the same Ha, so all fits.

In short, yes, this very relative was the inspiration behind everything romantic Chris(ta) wrote about Sylvia/Sybille and Sylvia's feelings towards Sybille. Chris was imagining this relative instead of a friend's Mum whom the girl Christa (almost 14) met (via Fritz) at a Christmas bazaar of 1902 (kind of concert) one day and they became close (almost as if Mum and daughter.)

The woman is (full name) . . .
 

Read MORE about Christa in THIS post.

The most important thing is for now (the World is horrible on-line & off-line), no matter what, the fight is on (danke, meine liebe hero Chris for huge inspiration & help to be more like du when it comes to making at least tiny bit of difference (to sign petitions is one of the ways).)