I found an interesting contribution about the German city of Leipzig.
http://blog.goethe.de/meet-the-germans/archives/179-In-Love-with-Leipzig.html
As a ten and eleven year old in 1945/46 I did get to know a bit about this city. Sure, when we first moved there to stay at grandmother’s place, the war hadn’t finished yet and we experienced quite a few bomb raids.
As I told in another blog, one bomb raid in April 1945 turned out to be disastrous for us. This was probably the very last bomb raid that Leipzig had to endure, because soon after the American troops together with some Canadians occupied the city. When the Canadians moved through neighbouring streets to lay out some cables, we kids were watching them. We were impressed by their appearance. They were all very young looking, tall and lean in immaculate uniforms. We welcomed the foreign troops.Them being with us meant, we wouldn’t be bombed any more. From now on we could sleep in peace!
We were a family of six. Having lost our home in the bomb raid, we applied for accomodation for our family. We were given a flat in an area where the buildings weren’t damaged at all. Our flat had three rooms plus kitchen and bathroom. Had grandmother been just with Renata, the two of them had not been able to get a flat of this size. Only families of five or more were assigned accomodation with so many rooms! So we were lucky again.
About Leipzig I remember the ‘Ratskeller’, where we had a few times a lovely meal. I always thought it was something special to eat out somewhere. But I loved Grandma’s cooking too. She always like magic produced excellent meals even when there was not much food available. She was a great one for improvising. And never ever was any bit of food thrown out. She always pointed out to us, to throw away good food, was a sin. This kind of thinking still sticks with me today!
I also remember the Thomaner Church in Leipzig and the Thomaner Choir. I believe the journalist who wrote the blog about present day Leipzig is from England and lives in Berlin now. He went for a visit to Leipzig and ended up loving this city. If ever I have a chance to visit Germany again, I plan on paying Leipzig a visit together with Peter, my husband, and Peter, my brother. If you are interested in finding out more about Leipzig, please look up the above link.
AuntyUta 
I love reading about your journey through life. Your stories are powerful and rich… have you tried adding pictures with Zemanta? Try it as it’s easy and would give you a chance to find suitable pictures of some of the places you mention. 🙂
TY for your patience as I have been adjusting to a changed schedule … Glad to comment again. 🙂
I thank you so much for all your comments! I have to try and find out what I can do about pictures.
Hi Auntyuta, it is interesting how a story in another blog can poke ones memory. Leipzig seems to be an interesting city, and, sure, we will go there one day.
It is of course the City of the great J.S.Bach and I love his music. So a visit there should be compulsory.
Your war time experiences are very interesting too and I’m happy you made it through. Especially moving to Leipzig was a brilliant idea. Were you had stayed before that became a major battlefield not far away from the Seelow Heights.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your encouragement, dear Berlioz. I’d love to visit Leipzig with you!