Summary

Type: Transcript of taped interview

Publication date: July 19, 1998

Title: Transcript of an Oral history Given by Larksfield Place Resident Esther Wenzel

Touches on many facets of family life and teaching from 1912 to 1998. She describes an ocean voyage to Europe and attending the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Germany. After WWII, she and her husband visited East Germany after the city was divided. During her husband's military service in the Philippines she was on the staff at Wichita University.

See also: Esther Wenzel's autobiographical stories of her cruise on the White Star Line in 1936 and the Berlin Olympics are also available on this site. They contain many photos and memorabilia, including hitherto unpublished photo of Hitler, and digitized Olympic souvenir booklet.

Key words: family; travel; wars; Colorado; wholesale food broker; horse and buggy; Hudson automobile; childhood diseases; Carlton School, Wichita North High School; Lindenwood College; Wichita University; University of  Chicago; University of Michigan; University of Vienna; Shakespeare; Pocano Tours; White Star Line; HMS Bereugeria; British Parliament; France; French Chamber of Deputies; Germany; Berlin; Oetzausteria; Oetz; Bergherstraisser; Austria; Austrian Alps; 1936 Olympics; Olympic torch; Olympic Village; Adolph Hitler; Jesse Owens; Harold Manning; censorship; Helsinki, Finland; North Sea; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Wichita, Kansas; Shell Oil Company; Fort Custer, Michigan; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; World War II; Phillipines; Wichita University; Innes Tea Room; Kansas University; Kansas State university; Wichita First Presbyterian Church; Bible School; music.