Ernst Jäger
- Apr 27, 2021
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Booboo, Uncle Rudy's favourite dog

Window in Feldkirch

A window in a basement showing a tree in the fall. The lead can seal it powerfully, it reminds me of a computer game my siblings played...

A family photo where you least expect it

Unless you're a musician. Last week I traveled to Feldkirch Austria to visit an art and music festival. My friend works in the production...

On the way to Volmerswerth

I spotted these geese. They were grazing and took no notice of me. It is not the first time I am going there to try and find the exact...

A dove in Oberkassel

Only while editing the video pieces of my project, I noticed that while Johann was reading Frieda and Georg's letter in front of...

Stolpersteine in Ergo-Platz

Yesterday I saw the stepping stones being installed in the pavement next to the tall Ergo building, a family crew came to video the...

Sheep on the Rhein bank

When I went down to the bank of the Rhein for the starting point of the route my great grandmother took back home on July 11th 1931 the...

34 minutes, 2.7 km

In the Düsseldorf address book from 1936 Georg Lindmeyer's office was registered at Steinstraße 78 on the 3rd floor. I went there today...

Corner of Hellweg and Bruchstrasse

What used to be Alter Hellweg in the 20's of the previous century is now called Bruchstrasse. In a drawing made by the police of the...

Murder at the church's backyard

On February 8th 1929 the body of an 8 years old girl was discovered on the edge of the courtyard of the St. Vinzenz church near the (then...

Annemarie Kahler

I have no information about this photograph. I am guessing it is my great aunt (on the right) with a friend having some laughs while...

220 meters

After spending the entire day on Salierstraße looking for people to film reading the Lindemeyer letters I went down to the Rhein bank and...

12 minutes

It takes 12 minutes to walk from Schorlemerstraße 26 to Salierstraße 4 in Oberkassel. I often wonder whether those two families ever met....

Konrad Köhler

I think he was in the middle of saying something. In 1938 at 16 years old you're just happy with what you get from the photography...

Jäger Family Tree

Krause Family Tree

Obermüller Family Tree

Ulrike and Georg Krause

Having the time of their lives in yet another Christmas (far more relaxed occasion) party taken 12 years later, with friends Loni and...

Jonas Krause

My dad is really pleased with himself in this super staged photo of him and his family. The special occasion is his acceptance to high...

A round flag

I spotted a flag wrapped around a water heater on a roof. Next to it a ladder gave an indication to how it was hanged.

Hildegard Jäger

A missing saddle

At the border of the Kibbutz I noticed a child's bicycle leaned against the old rusty wire fence. The saddle was missing, but it seemed...

Hartmut Jäger

At 19, Hartmut Jäger was already married and about to become a father. Unfortunately he did not see his child until she was 4 years old, ...

A bird's wing

I noticed the remains of a bird on the pavement. It was probably eaten by an animal, but half of its wing remained intact.

Inspection

I was observing a house for a long period of time. It is visible in the back behind the large cactus. Though huge and impressive, on a...

A house

I had to go on a business trip to Israel, for reasons I can't yet specify here. I took this photograph in a Kibbutz in the North-Eastern...