Stubborness: Margarete and William A. sailed for the USA about a month after they were married in 1926, with every intention of staying there, but when the depression hit in the U.S., she didn't like living with the lack of money, and was most likely also very homesick. She fell for all the glowing promises of Hitler, which they heard about through letters from family and friends. William told her they were going to stay in the U.S., and ride out the depression He also understood politics well enough to know Hitler was nothing but trouble, but Margarete decided to take the kids, and go back to Germany anyway in the Fall of 1933.
It wasn't long after her arrival that she realized she had made a mistake, but by that time they were stuck. William arrived in Germany several months later. It took a few years to find a descent paying job to support their family, but they ended up settling near Munster, Schneverdingen, Lower Saxony.
Hitler and the Nazis required every couple to have at least four children. Margarete felt she had done her duty as a wife in providing William with two sons and a daughter, and refused to have another child. The Nazi's however, laid out the ultimatum, and Margarete and William had another son in 1938, eight years after the third child was born.
It wasn't long after her arrival that she realized she had made a mistake, but by that time they were stuck. William arrived in Germany several months later. It took a few years to find a descent paying job to support their family, but they ended up settling near Munster, Schneverdingen, Lower Saxony.
Hitler and the Nazis required every couple to have at least four children. Margarete felt she had done her duty as a wife in providing William with two sons and a daughter, and refused to have another child. The Nazi's however, laid out the ultimatum, and Margarete and William had another son in 1938, eight years after the third child was born.
