Swiss American Historical Society Review
Keywords
Paul Grossenbacher, autobiographical sketch, Swiss immigrant, SAHS Review
Abstract
When old age starts t:o creep up on you, start looking back. You will be amazed how many beautiful memories will come back to light. That is what I am trying to do, look back and try Ito find old memories. I was born into a family of two sisters and five brothers; no more children were born to my parents, so I stayed the youngest one and a mother's little boy. My home was the "innere Sommerhaus" on the edge of the small city of Burgdorf. Burgdorf is mostly called the door to the famous '"Emmenthal." The Emmenthal is famous for its scenic beauty, a land of green hills, dark pine forests, and many farmhouses, with blooming red geraniums in front of all windows, a big garden with a painted picket fence around, and most important, the Emmenthal is most famous for its home product, the "Emmenthal kaese," later simply called Swiss cheese, the cheese with round holes in it. Burgdorf is the place where cheese from all over Switzerland is collected, packed, and sent to all corners of the world.
Recommended Citation
Grossenbacher, Paul
(1989)
"Growing Up in Burgdorf,"
Swiss American Historical Society Review: Vol. 25:
No.
3, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review/vol25/iss3/3