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Ute Seibel of the Free Waldorf School in Marburg, Germany, wrote
cordial thanks for beautiful wool from the Denver Red Cross.
Horst Seyfoerth, from the same school, also sent a thank you for
the wool. He said, explaining, "I knit gladly." He wrote how his
father laughed at a small boy learning to knit; Horst laughed as
well, but because he found it fun.
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Collection
Overview
Creator: Dienst, Gertrude G., 1887-
Title: Gertrude Dienst Collection
Inclusive Dates: 1947-1950
Size: .21 linear ft.
Processed By: Finding
aid and Web version prepared by Robin Beran, August 2000;
revised May 2003
On January 20, 1942, under the leadership of Gertrude Dienst,
the American Red Cross Production Unit and War Service of the Denver
Turner's Auxiliary was organized and immediately began relief work.
By August 1951, the women sent more than three tons of relief packages
overseas.
Scope and Content
This collection consists largely of letters from civilians living
in postwar Germany asking for assistance. The letters are organized
according to the occupation zone of the person asking for assistance:
American, British, French, or Russian. Additionally, one folder
contains letters and thank you notes from the teachers and students
of the Freie Waldorfschule (the Free Waldorf School) in Marburg,
Germany (American Occupation Zone), which received over 800 pounds
of school supplies, clothing, food, and candy from the Auxiliary.
Finally, the collection contains an early and final draft of a history
of the Denver Turner's Auxiliary and an early and final draft of
an oral history interview with Gertrude Dienst conducted by Bartholomew
Rice, giving anecdotes and information concerning her early life.
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