My father received a letter thanking him for helping someone solve an engineering question: This chart of “heaven” shows my father’s sense of humor: This is his handwritten resume, which details his educational and work experience: My father’s documents included records of compensation for WW II refugees: I will put all of those in a separate post. More home addresses from another security questionnaire: His report cards from Ohio State university: Photos of his platoon, Company B – 13th Armored Infantry Battalion Fort Knox, Kentucky: My father’s certificate of naturalization: This first report card from 1938, when Siegfried would have been 9 years old, is written in both Lithuanian and German languages, which shows the cultural overlap in this area.Ī report card from Weinachten 1941, or Christmas 1941: Siegfried Mikuteit Autobiographical Writing 1958 I believe that this autobiographical document was written at the request of someone helping him seek employment, as I found some questions/prompts for this writing, written in someone else’s handwriting, together with the document. I found some insight into his early interests in science, from this early autobiographical document which he wrote in 1958 when he was 28 years old. My father was not very emotional, so it was difficult for him to share aspects of his life that pertained to his emotional experience. These are some of his documents to help tell the story of his life. My father died on October 24, 2019, at 90 years of age, from complications resulting from pancreatic cancer. This is a record of his birth provided by a priest in his village, since his original birth certificate was lost in the war.Īnother birth record provided during the war: Many Lithuanians lived in this north section of Prussia. Ethnically Lithuanian, my ancestors on my father’s side moved from the area governed by Lithuania, into that ruled by the German Republic. My father, Siegfried Mikuteit, was born on Jin Pagrienen, East Prussia, which was then part of the German Republic.
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