bakery to butcher's shop

Every picture tells a story, season 3, picture 4:

The little boy we saw in the picture of the three children from the bakery at Dörndorf (Kreis Frankenstein, Silesia), Willi Geppert, chose not to follow in his fathers trade (reasons unknown) but did an apprenticeship as a butcher instead. Which strikes me as odd as he comes across as a smiley and gentle person in his photos, so I don't really visualise him chopping large mammals to pieces, but here we are.

He did his apprenticeship from 1.4.1931 to 30.9.1934 with Paul Loge in Heinersdorf (today: Dziewiętlice). Specific mentions for slaughter and sausage making. His behaviour was "good". He passed his exam on 25.9.1934 at the district capital Frankenstein. He then continued to work with Loge until the end of March 1935, then half a year with Georg Noglitz in Frankenstein. Then there is an 18-month gap in his record which I assume must have been his time in military service. In 1937/38 he worked with M. Gottwald in Hertwigswalde (Doboszowice), Paul Drechsler in Kamenz, and Gustav Welz in Münsterberg. The last one had a nice rubber stamp revealing the address: Pusillusstr. 6. All places appear on this map of the Kreis Frankenstein, so the Wanderschaft didn't take him very far. Listing those names as I'm guessing any of them could be in the photos below.

Here are some photos which came without any explanations, but which to me look like they could be related to his budding career as a butcher (Willi is on the left in the first two pics, have fun spotting him in the others!):

Not at all sure what to make of this one but throwing it in anyway:

Should anybody have any answers to some of the many questions I am raising in this series, please leave a comment here (I'll need to vet it, so it may take a few days before it goes public) or contact me at michaelgrr [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] uk

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Season 3 so far:

1. family holiday
2. play time
3. fashion show
4. bakery to butcher's shop

The Mastodon thread for season 3 starts here.

You can find Season 2 entries in this thread on Mastodon (complete now!) or via the list at the bottom of the last entry of the season (and also at the bottom of the first entry of this season).

The twitter thread for season 1 is still here. Alternatively, visit the last instalment and find the numbered list of entries at the bottom.