Nothing fancy but a nice snapshot of Sao Leopoldo, mainly from the late 1800s. Here's what I liked: a gentleman born here in 1937 (parents imigrated from Germany in 1933), who works there, gave me a personal tour. His English was very basic but better than my Portuguese. He provided nice insights and commentary. Requires less...
Read moreLots of interesting things from the early German settlement of the area. We were fortunate to get a tour in passable English by a young man who volunteers there. He did a great job of explaining the early history of the area. As someone who knows a lot about German immigration to the USA, it was interesting to see...
Read moreKlein, fein, deutsch...komprimierte Geschichte deutscher Einwanderer. Ein freundlicher alter Herr steht gerne Rede und Antwort. Dinge des alltäglichen Bedarfs und Gebrauchs bis fast in die Gegenwart. Vieles davon gab es auch in DE noch bis in die 60er Jahre des 20. Jh. Sehenswert, freier Eintritt, nicht spektakulär, eher nachdenklich machend, was über 3 Generationen so an Technik hinzu kam und dafür an Knowhow...
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