Albert Stolpmann

My grandfather on my mothers side was born on April 5th 1889 in Flötenstein, Kreis Schlochau in West Prussia. He was a carpenter all his life and met my grandmother who lived in the same village when he was 30. His main interest was keeping beehives. In the second world war he became seriously ill. The Russians under the command of Stalin had occupied the area were he lived with his family and there was no medical aid around. After a long fight for his life he passed away on May 12th 1945 only 58 years of age. He was a victim of war nonsense just like his son Aloys who was killed in the battlefield by the Russian army only 19 years of age. Below is my nephew Aloys and to the right my dear grandfather Albert.