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List of Kapetanovo Polje's Caravan
Refugees
Contributed by Herwig Pimiskern
The original document was written by Johann
Reidel, Herwig Pimiskern’s grandfather. Johann Reidel was one of the few
villagers in Kapetanovo Polje who could read and write in German and Croatian. As
per Johann’s daughter Christine very few Kapetanovo’s ethnic Germans could speak
Croatian or Serbian.
The German Army ordered a 24 hour evacuation
notice, after the Partisans threatened the town. They left Kapetanovo Polje on 1st
of February 1944. As a group leader of the Kapetanovo Polje
refugee caravan Johann Reidel took the safety of all expellees to his heart. This caravan was the only refugee colon that was not bombed by the
British air force, even though the planes flew low overhead but they passed by.
The route zig-zaged via Pakrac, to Surtchin in Slovenia, from there to Budapest in
Hungary and west to Vienna in Austria. From Vienna the trek led to Linz in Austria
and to their destination at Dorf an der Pram. Herwig’s aunt Christine recounted that they slept under the wagons in rain and snow
during the six months route between Kapetanovo Polje and Austria.
There were up to 2,000 people in that
caravan at times. Good horses and good wagons survived the flight while
others perished.
Kepetanovo Polje’s refugees mostly settled
first in Austria at Dorf an der Pram near Scherding. The local farmers needed
workers and the refugee were desperate for any kind of work in order to survive. Austrians made the
refugees more welcome than destroyed Germany did.
The Reidel-Pimiskern household remained a center
of gravity for contact during those times. Many Kapetanovo’s returning soldiers
sought there news of their families whereabouts. Herwig still recalls the trickle of
gaunt faces coming and going desperately hoping for news about their loved ones.
Herwig in turn desperately hoped that one of those faces would be his own dad,
denying the fact that his father was killed back in 1942. Johann Reidel wrote the
account on 5th of August 1945.
On 5th of September 1951 the Reidel
and Pimiskerns and other families left Dorf an der Pram for Canada.
For the list of present
localities of Kapetanovo's descendants, please see:
Expellees_Kapetanovo_Polje.
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Name and Family Name |
Date born |
Birth Place, County, State |
Religion |
Marital status, No. of children |
Military Rank |
Date of arrival in Austria and reason why |
Last place of Residency in Austria |
Work in Austria |
Nationality |
|
Georg Reidel |
19. Oct. 1879 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married; 5 |
vodnik |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Storgen No. 1, Dorf an der Pram |
farmer |
German |
|
Katarina Reidl |
5. Sep. 1886 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 1 |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Storgen No. 1, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Stevan Reidl |
17. Aug. 1918 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 1 |
Cato |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Storgen No. 1, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Elisabeta Reidl |
14. Feb. 1921 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Storgen No. 1, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Johan Ellenberger |
13. Jan. 1907 |
Milwaukee, WI, USA, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 3 |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Storgen No. 9, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Adela Ellenberger |
4. Mar. 1910 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
r. k. |
married, |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Storgen, No. 9, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Jakob Lein |
17. Sep 1880 |
Rackozar, Hungary, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 3 |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Roiting No. 3, Dorf an der Pram |
farmer |
German |
|
Anna Lein |
16. Feb 1888 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Roiting No. 3, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Jakob Lein |
5. Jun 1905 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 4 |
konjamir |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Roiting No. 3, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Elisabeta Lein |
9. Oct 1913 |
Hrastovac, Daruvar, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Roiting No. 3, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Anna Lickel |
1. May 1887 |
Hrastovac, Daruvar, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
widow, 11 |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mundarfing 14, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Johann Lickel |
21. Dec 1908 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 3 |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mundarfing 14, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Magdalena Lickel |
16. Mar 1912 |
Hrastovac, Daruvar, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mundarfing 14, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Jakob Lickel |
14. Mar 1910 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
single |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mundarfing 14, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Katarina Lickel |
23. Apr 1923 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
single |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mundarfing 14, Dorf an der Pram |
domestic |
German |
|
Elisabeta Lickel |
24. Apr 1929 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
single |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mundarfing 14, Dorf an der Pram |
domestic |
German |
|
Eva Lickel |
28. May 1926 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
single |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mundarfing 14, Dorf an der Pram |
domestic |
German |
|
Michael Lickel |
12. Jan 1913 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 1 |
|
8. Apr 1945, refugee |
Mundarfing 1, Dorf an der Pram |
taylor |
German |
|
Eva Lickel |
16. Sep 1922 |
Glagovac, Punjavar, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
8. Apr 1945, refugee |
Mundarfing 1, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Johann Greifenstein |
24. Nov 1909 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 1 |
|
8. Apr 1945, refugee |
Mundarfing 14, Dorf an der Pram |
weaver |
German |
|
Anna Greifenstein |
13. Oct 1916 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
8. Apr 1945, refugee |
Mundarfing 14, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Konrad Lickel |
20. Aug 1918 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 1 |
redar |
23. Feb 1945, refugee |
Mundarfing 1, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Maria Lickel |
31. Aug 1919 |
Hrastovac, Daruvar, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
23. Feb 1945, refugee |
Mundarfing 1, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Hinko Jekel |
4. Oct 1898 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 3 |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Vordertabl 1, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Elisabeta Jekel |
24. May 1903 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Vordertabl 1, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Maria Faul |
1. Mar 1870 |
Ecseny, Hungary, Pakrac, Yug. |
ev. |
married, 5 |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Vordertabl 1, Dorf an der Pram |
|
German |
|
Johann Graf |
21. Aug 1891 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
r. k. |
single |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Hintertabl 16, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Rosalia Graf |
13. Jan 1903 |
Toranj, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
r. k. |
widow, 3 |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Hintertabl 16, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Christina Gerhardt |
25. Jan 1903 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 2 |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Thalling 5, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Christina Gerhardt |
21. Dec 1929 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
single |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Thalling 5, Dorf an der Pram |
domestic |
German |
|
Johann Reidl |
8. Aug 1874 |
Döröcske, Hungary, Pakrac, Yug. |
ev. |
married, 7 |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Thalling 5, Dorf an der Pram |
|
German |
|
Christina Stickl |
24. Oct 1880 |
Ecseny, Hungary, Pakrac, Yug. |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Thalling 5, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Hinko Stickl |
13. Apr 1921 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
single |
Razvodnik |
23. May 1945, refugee |
Thalling 5, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Johann Stickl |
5. May 1891 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
divorced, 1 |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Thalling 5, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Gjuro Fittler |
23. Feb 1905 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 6 |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mitejeburg 7, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Magdalena Fittler |
18. Sep 1909 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mitejeburg 7, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Gjuro Fittler |
2. May 1929 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
single |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mitejeburg 7, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Magdalena Arndt |
2. Apr 1891 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 1 |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mitejeburg 7, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Franjo Pimiskern |
2. Feb 1894 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
r. k. |
widower, 4 |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mitejeburg 5, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Maria Pimiskern |
7. Apr 1925 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
r. k. |
single |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mitejeburg 5, Dorf an der Pram |
domestic |
German |
|
Stevan Torau |
19. Oct 1918 |
Steelton, PA, USA, Pakrac, Yug. |
ev. |
married, 1 |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Auseyeburg 2, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Margareta Torau |
19. Sep 1920 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Auseyeburg 2, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Gustav Pimiskern |
11. May 1906 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
r. k. |
married, 6 |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Auseyeburg 4, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Katarina Pimiskern |
3. Feb 1905 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Auseyeburg 4, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Maria Pimiskern |
30. Sep 1925 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
r. k. |
single |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Auseyeburg 4, Dorf an der Pram |
domestic |
German |
|
Katarina Pimiskern |
7. Aug 1927 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
r. k. |
single |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Auseyeburg 4, Dorf an der Pram |
domestic |
German |
|
Peter Klein |
5. Oct 1909 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 2 |
Kaplar |
22. Apr 1945, refugee |
Ausejeburg 4, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Elisabeta Klein |
22. Aug 1910 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
22. Apr 1945, refugee |
Ausejeburg 4, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Johann Walter |
22. Jun 1915 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 1 |
Kaplar |
8. Apr 1945, refugee |
Ausejeburg 4, Dorf an der Pram |
businessman |
German |
|
Adela Walter |
13. Oct 1923 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
8. Apr 1945, refugee |
Ausejeburg 4, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Katrina Torau |
25. Jun 1893 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 3 |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Ausejeburg 4, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Johann Jekel |
21. Sep 1904 |
Strizicevac, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 4 |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Kleinreitung 8, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Eva Jekel |
8. Mar 1908 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Kleinreitung 8, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Theresia Jekel |
11. Aug 1928 |
Strizicevac, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
single |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Kleinreitung 8, Dorf an der Pram |
domestic |
German |
|
Eva Jekel |
3. Oct 1929 |
Strizicevac, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
single |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Kleinreitung 8, Dorf an der Pram |
domestic |
German |
|
Katarina Jekel |
7. Sep 1874 |
Hrastovac, Daruvar, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
widow, 3 |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Kleinreitung 8, Dorf an der Pram |
|
German |
|
Petar Lickel |
17. Aug 1915 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 2 |
|
8. Apr 1945, refugee |
Kleinreitung 6, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Eva Lickel |
14. Sep 1918 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
8. Apr 1945, refugee |
Kleinreitung 6, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Hinko Felder |
20. Dec 1873 |
Somodor, Hungary, Pakrac, Yug. |
ev. |
married, 6 |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Habetswohl 14, Dorf an der Pram |
|
German |
|
Elisabeta Felder |
21. Nov 1878 |
Bikal, Hungary, Pakrac, Yug. |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Habetswohl 14, Dorf an der Pram |
|
German |
|
Konrad Felder |
30. Mar 1918 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 2 |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Habetswohl 14, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Katarina Felder |
20. Oct 1923 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Habetswohl 14, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Ames Memic |
13. Nov 1918 |
Foca, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia |
Moham. |
single |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Mundarfing 14, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
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Konrad Arndt |
3. Dec 1881 |
Hrastovac, Daruvar, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 5 |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Dorf an der Pram 13 |
farm worker |
German |
|
Elisabeta Arndt |
8. Sep 1887 |
Strizicevac, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Dorf an der Pram 13 |
housewife |
German |
|
Elisabeta Ehl |
1. Oct 1898 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
widow, 4 |
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5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Dorf an der Pram 13 |
housewife |
German |
|
Elisabeta Ehl |
28. Mar 1926 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
single |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Dorf an der Pram 13 |
|
German |
|
Margareta Ellenberger |
12. May 1860 |
Somodor, Hungary, Pakrac, Yug. |
ev. |
widow, 3 |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Dorf an der Pram 13 |
|
German |
|
Stevan Märzluft |
21. Apr 1904 |
Hrastovac, Daruvar, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 4 |
podnarednik |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Dorf an der Pram 9 |
smith |
German |
|
Magdalena Märzluft |
9. May 1905 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Dorf an der Pram 9 |
housewife |
German |
|
Franjo Pimiskern |
1. Aug 1896 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
r. k. |
married, 5 |
redar |
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Habetswohl 12, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Anna Pimiskern |
6. Jan 1898 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Habetswohl 12, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Katharina Wagner |
1. Nov 1866 |
Kistormas, Hungary, Pakrac, Yug. |
ev. |
widow, 3 |
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5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Habetswohl 12, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Johann Reidl |
8. Nov 1901 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married, 3 |
|
5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Habetswohl 3, Dorf an der Pram |
farm worker |
German |
|
Katarina Reidl |
22. Jun 1906 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
married |
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5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Habetswohl 3, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
|
Krisitna Reidl |
11. Dec 1928 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
single |
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5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Habetswohl 3, Dorf an der Pram |
domestic |
German |
|
Katarina Frei |
14. Oct 1887 |
Kistormas, Hungary, Pakrac, Yug. |
ev. |
widow, 3 |
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5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Habetswohl 3, Dorf an der Pram |
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German |
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Katarina Pimiskern |
11. Dec 1922 |
Kapetanovo, Pakrac, Yugoslavia |
ev. |
widow, 2 |
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5. Nov 1944, refugee |
Habetswohl 3, Dorf an der Pram |
housewife |
German |
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