1943 – Edith Schweim walks the beach of St. Peter Ording in Northern Germany. Scan © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
This is my grandmother, photographed by my grandfather, Otto Schweim. During the summer of 1943 – as the war activities in her hometown Kiel were heating up and the city was not safe any longer – my grandparents decided to spend six weeks at the beach in St. Peter Ording, a sleepy town at the North Sea in Germany.
Apparently, this was a rather windy and cold day as grandma is wearing a trenchcoat and keeps her hands in the pockets.
The building in the back is one of the houses that have been built right onto the beach on stilts. This tradition has continued, and there are still buildings on the beach (here are images from 2003 and 2007.)
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | Summer 1943 |
| Location | St. Peter, Germany |
| Image Source | 6.5 x 6.5 cm Print |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, AdobeRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 2573 x 2573 Pixels |
| Copyright | Scan © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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