C. 1928 – Paul Gorber (left) as a butch trainee in Überlingen, Germany. Photo: Gorber family archive, Scan © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Yesterday I shared an exciting image showing the life on the family farm in Hödingen near Lake Constance in southern Germany in the 1930s. Here’s an image that shows Petra’s grandfather Paul as a trainee to become a butcher.
Reportedly his uncle, Gerhard Gorber, had suggested this career path with the option of taking over his butchery in Überlingen which is just a stone-throw from Hödingen, because there was no son in sight who could possibly inherit the butchery and continue the business. And so, Paul (and probably his father) decided that he would become a butcher. In one of those strange windings of life, Gerhard and his wife got a son – Karl – and Paul’s option to take over the butchery was withdrawn.
Paul continued the training, became a master butcher and found his wide – and happiness – in Birkenfeld (Nahe) where he ran his own butchery until the 1970s.
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The high resolution image
| Capture Date | about 1928 |
| Location | Überlingen, Germany |
| Image Source | 6 x 8 cm print |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 7598 x 5684 Pixels |
| Copyright | Photo: Gorber family archive Scan: © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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