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Historian finds German decree banishing Trump's grandfather
Guardian ^ | 11/21/16 | Kate Connolly in Berlin

Posted on 11/22/2016 5:40:36 PM PST by ifinnegan

A historian has discovered a royal decree issued to Donald Trump’s grandfather ordering him to leave Germany and never come back.

Friedrich Trump, a German, was issued with the document in February 1905, and ordered to leave the kingdom of Bavaria within eight weeks as punishment for having failed to do mandatory military service and failing to give authorities notice of his departure to the US when he first emigrated in 1885.

Kallstadt, Germany: on the trail of 'the Donald' in the Trump ancestral home Read more Roland Paul, a historian from Rhineland-Palatinate who found the document in local archives, told the tabloid Bild: “Friedrich Trump emigrated from Germany to the USA in 1885. However, he failed to de-register from his homeland and had not carried out his military service, which is why the authorities rejected his attempt at repatriation.”

The decree orders the “American citizen and pensioner Friedrich Trump” to leave the area “at the very latest on 1 May ... or else expect to be deported”. Bild called the archive find an “unspectacular piece of paper”, that had nevertheless “changed world history”.

Trump was born in Kallstadt, now in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, in 1869. He emigrated to the US aged 16 initially to escape poverty, attracted by the gold rush.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: germany; trump; trumpen; trumpfamily; trumps; trumptransition
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To: ifinnegan

To quote Mrs. Clinton ;” What difference at this point does it make?”


81 posted on 11/22/2016 6:17:11 PM PST by lee martell
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To: dfwgator

very sad. My husband’s family came in the mid 1860’s thereabouts, mostly farming sorts.


82 posted on 11/22/2016 6:17:15 PM PST by magna carta
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To: AndrewB

Bravo!


83 posted on 11/22/2016 6:19:17 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: niteowl77

Yep.

I’d take getting thrown out or run out of Europe as a badge of honor.


84 posted on 11/22/2016 6:20:06 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Most of our ancestors got thrown out of where ever country they came from or skipped one step ahead of the law.



"We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! … We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us."

85 posted on 11/22/2016 6:20:14 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dhs12345

Autocomplete shouldn’t be allowed.


86 posted on 11/22/2016 6:20:20 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors!)
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To: dragnet2

Yes, if you want to mess with a lib, ask them if it is true that people in America have a bigger environmental footprint than almost anyone else in the world. Then ask them why we would want high levels of immigration.


87 posted on 11/22/2016 6:20:21 PM PST by Paul R.
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To: RegulatorCountry

SNOWFLAKE?? Don’t make me hit the abuse button!


88 posted on 11/22/2016 6:20:34 PM PST by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: ifinnegan

Had to chuckle about the losers going all the way back to 1905 and digging in Grandpa’s life.

These people are nuts!


89 posted on 11/22/2016 6:20:44 PM PST by KittenClaws ( Normalcy Bias. Do you have it?)
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To: Perchant

There is only so much he can do prior to being sworn in, buck up, we are in for a very fast ride.


90 posted on 11/22/2016 6:20:51 PM PST by madison10 (Pray for President-Elect Trump, VP Elect Pence and their families)
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To: TheNext

Is there any mention in the article of the period of service if you were drafted? My ancestors in Russia left because they, as Volga Germans, had been told by Russia they would not be drafted, as part of the original incentive to move there, but the government reneged on that. The period of service was 20 years. Essentially, with the short life spans there, you were going to be in the Army for the rest of your miserable life. That makes escaping to America look like a much better option.


91 posted on 11/22/2016 6:22:06 PM PST by married21 ( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Daffynition

I think Tiffany’s mom was American.


92 posted on 11/22/2016 6:22:12 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors!)
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To: Genoa
SNOWFLAKE?? Don’t make me hit the abuse button!

There you go again, getting all triggly on me like some Starbucks barista.

93 posted on 11/22/2016 6:23:18 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Paul R.

Yep. Then ask them how many is enough? 625 million?
2 billion, 5 billion? more?


94 posted on 11/22/2016 6:23:22 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: ifinnegan

Guardian is such a communist rag.


95 posted on 11/22/2016 6:23:36 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
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To: ifinnegan

My great great great great grandfather was run out of a long succession of mayoral terms in England over fishing rights. That’s how we got here. They were gonna send him with da fishes if ya know.


96 posted on 11/22/2016 6:23:39 PM PST by blackdog
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To: ifinnegan

Hit piece. WE DON’T GIVE A DAMN!


97 posted on 11/22/2016 6:25:09 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: ifinnegan

I thought the name TRUMP was an easier version of DRUMPF (or something like that) ... making this story as bogus as hell.


98 posted on 11/22/2016 6:25:42 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: Paladin2
Everyone has a history...........


99 posted on 11/22/2016 6:26:26 PM PST by 4Liberty (DEMOCRATS- Exporting Jobs, Importing Votes.)
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To: Perchant

Months ago he as much indicated that his promises were subject to revision.

Trump will not be Hillary. I expect only that much.

Low expectations: the secret of contentment.


100 posted on 11/22/2016 6:26:53 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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