Mildred, a descendant of Germany, a strong woman and successor. Mildred Schimpf is her full name and she created the reason why I have spent numerous hours going through academic journals to understand what may have been the motive behind her relocation to America. She was a daughter, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother to three generations. She was born in 1919 and passed away in 1997.She lived in Germany in her early childhood and moved to America in 1924. This made her a first generation American ancestor. In essay one, I explained the evolution of my family’s history and why they may have chosen to emigrate to America. Not only did I gather important information from Mildred’s child, Carol, but I also opened doors to new and unknown information through research on Germany.
The time period this essay allocates is between 1904 and 1944. The time period that Mildred and her family immigrated to America may have been affected by the events that occurred around that time period. In 1914 World War 1 began. This may have driven the Zambelli family out of Germany. Around this time, Adolf Hitler’s authority sabotages over Germany and becomes a political catastrophe to the German nation. This historical event is explained in …show more content…
The academic journal entry named “Poverty and crime in the 19th century Germany” by Halvor Mehlum, Edward Miguel, and Ragnar Torvik explains the crime and poverty that many Germans faced. It also gives reason as to why citizens of Germany were pulled to other countries like America because of opportunity. Lastly, Religion is an active participant in why one would be influenced to leave Germany especially around the time period of the 20th century. The search for the connection with the jewish religion is explained throughout the article “German Refugee Rabbis in the United States” by Cornelia