Opa Hoeke's Albums "Ermelhaus"

Here are pictures of Erika at the Ermelhhaus.  I had forgotten what it was called.  This is the place where my father was born also.  I always wondered why they made nurses wear those silly hats... What a pain!

 10 Sep 1929 at the Ermelhaus, my dad's sister Erika.

 To give an idea that the women did stay at the Ermelhaus for a certain longer length of time, this woman was at the Ermelhaus and my grandmother, who was also there at the same time, served as a "pate" for the baptism of this woman's child.  The woman was "Helena" and her child's name was Wolf. No last name was given on the picture. This picture was taken in the summer of 1929.  My grandmother would have had a young baby, Erika,  at this time and be expecting my dad, who was born in 1930.

 This is my grandmother, Frieda Louise Baatge, and her first child, Erika.  Picture 1929 at the Ermelhaus.

 To get an idea of their stay, there is this picture of a "random" nurse from the Ermelhaus, who Frieda must have known fairly well to be keeping a picture of her in their family albums.

 Here are the nurses in training.  I have to say, that never would I have had time or interest in taking pictures of any of the nurses during my hospital stay when I had kids, so it shows that the unwed mothers at this institution stayed for quite a length of time.  As mentioned in an earlier blog, maybe they stayed there and helped out to "pay" for their time there.  But this is just "my" thoughts, not necessarily correct, by any means.

 This is a picture from the Ermelhaus of a young woman Erny Gretschel taken 27 Oct 1931.  So I really am wondering, just how long did women stay here?  I am really curious...

Another friend from the Ermelhaus whose name was Elfriede Tietz.  Dated 12 Feb 1931.

So this picture has me very curious about the Ermelhaus.  Here are some of the children and nurses from there.  Notice these aren't infants by any means.  So did many mothers also give up their children for adoption and leave them here?  It is really a curious thing to me.  I guess I don't know as much as I should about this place. I also was able to find a new modern picture of the Ermelhaus.  See the link below:

Doing a little Googling, I find that

Lexikon:  Ermelhaus

The Ermelhaus stands in the part of the Sachsen city of Radebeul called Oberlösnitz.  The exact address is Augustusweg 112., and 112a.
Click to find out more about the  Ermelhaus  and also see a modern picture.

Old Photos Radebeul

Before my grandfather died, I was able to get a few old pictures from him.  He had promised me all his photo albums, but that I couldn't have them until after his death.  However, when he died, my cousin was the one that was informed, and went and cleared his apartment, including the promised albums. :( .  All trashed....So what was given to me prior to his death is all that I have.  I am going to post some in my blog.  The picture below is Radebeul, in particular the Ermelhaus where my father and his sister were born.  I know also that my grandmother, lived here for a while, longer than what would be considered necessary to have recovered from birth in that time period, which time was much longer than would be considered normal in today's recovery time.  In fact, I think that she may have lived there close to a year, judging by the dates of many of the pictures that I was given of this place and of the "residents".  I am wondering if some of the mother's paid their time by service or working there after their births. 

Radebeul Ermelhaus circa 1929-30