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Remember To Tell The Children - Book Two: Strangers And Sojourners (Paperback)
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Remember To Tell The Children - Book Two: Strangers And Sojourners (Paperback)
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As the 19th Century dawned, the pioneering days of the Children of
the Danube were now mostly behind them. The new generation no
longer thought of Hesse, Baden and Wurttemberg when they heard
their elders talk about home. Home was what they experienced in
their own insular village enclaves scattered throughout Swabian
Turkey in southwest Hungary. It was the quest for a new Heimat that
had spurred their ancestors to come down the majestic Danube River
almost a century before. Yet, three generations later, their
descendants still remained Strangers and Sojourners in the land. It
was their language, faith and traditions that provided cohesion to
their life together but at the same time separated them from those
around them. They remained outsiders and were seen as foreigners
who were resistant to every attempt at assimilation. Having
established their identity in their heritage they were forced to
adapt to changing situations constantly challenging them. This
often meant venturing beyond their own communities and living
alongside those who spoke another language, subscribed to a
different creed, observed customs and traditions unlike theirs and
lived an accompanying different lifestyle. In response to these
outside pressures, what emerged among them was a distinct society,
which was perceived as a desire to remain Strangers and Sojourners.
But history was not on their side as the Napoleonic Wars raged
across Europe and left their mark on the political and social
landscape. The following archconservative reaction set the scene
for the upheaval known as the Revolution of 1848 that swept across
Europe giving birth to the Hungarian War of Independence. All of
this led to repercussions from which the Children of the Danube
could not escape. As that history unfolds, Habsburg Emperors along
with other notable historical personages will enter the story, but
it will be the little known Archduchess Maria Dorothea, wife of the
Viceroy of Hungary, who would have the greatest impact on the life
and future of the Children of the Danube. All of this sets the
scene for the next generations who will be remembered as the
Emigrants and Exiles, and their story will constitute the final
volume of the trilogy: Remember To Tell The Children.
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