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THE MEMOIRS OF . . . . HELLA MARIA HOCHSTADTER HOLMAN
PREFACE This manuscript is the product of tape-recorded interviews conducted by Eugenia Eberle for the Sangamon State University Archives, fall of 1994. Hella Maria Hochstadter Holman was born November 28, 1914 in Berlin. At that time, Imperial Germany. An only child, her father was a consulting engineer with Siemans-Schuckert until the Second World War at which time he became a military man. Hella thoughtfully touches on her carefree childhood of vacations throughout Europe's treasured old world hideaways and elaborates on the abrupt changes brought upon her family during Hitlerls war in Germany. Early exposure to the arts and performers has remained her style throughout her life. A civic leader in Springfield, she was President of the Springfield Art Association, President of the Springfield Symphony Guild and a longtime member of the Springfield Symphony Board. She is the wife of Dr. John Holman, now retired from his private family practice in Springfield, and has two grown children, Andrew, a Real Estate Developer in Denver, Colorado and Robert, a Cardiologist living in Pocatello, Idaho. Eugenia Eberle was raised in Haverford, Pennsylvania where she earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Virginia. Her interest in journalism led her to write for the Arab News while living in Riyadh Saudi Arabia for six years with her husband, now Professor of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at SIU. Mother of four grown children, her civic interests and involvement in museum studies subsequently led her toward an interest in oral history at Sangamon State University where she has returned to further her education toward a masters degree in Public History. Readers of this oral history memoir should bear in mind that it is a transcript of the spoken word and that the interviewer, narrator, and editor sought to preserve the informal conversational style that is inherent in such historical sources. Sangamon State University is not responsible for the factual accuracy of the memoir, nor for views expressed therein; these are for the reader to judge. The manuscript may be read, quoted and cited freely. It may not be reproduced in whole or impart by any means, electronic or mechanical without permission in writing from the Sangamon State university Archives, Springfield, ~llinois, 62708.
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exhibit that Ulfert Wilke who had j
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