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Mom :
Use Chinese and Swedish words/sentences and translate them as you go.
- Describe getting Helmut's mother's body ready for burial.
- Done. Describe the map.
- Done. What was lost in China when the family moved to Sweden before and during 1951?
- Done. How to your Mom and Dad get the Chinese things that they had in their apartment in Sweden?
- Did your mother and father, uncle and aunt have a difficult time adjusting. Did they feel that they have been kicked out of their home?
- Did they feel they might be going back soon - that this was a temporary situation?
- Done. Map and location of mission houses and other significant buildings.
- What stories did Johan Alfred and Hedvig relate about their early days in China?
- Describe Tsingtao when the Americans were there. How was it like before and after. What was it like on the streets? Cafe's? Shops. How did the overall feeling of the place change?
- Dating in US occupied China. Dating of the other marines and sailors. Dating marines and sailors. How did you meet them, what did you do on you dates?
- Done. What other mission homes were there in Kiaohsien?
- Describe the sights, sounds, going from your home to the gate the lead to Tsingtao.
- Describe the sights, sounds, smells going from Kiaohsien to Tsingtao by train.
- Describe the sights, sounds, smells going from Kiaohsien to Tsingtao by road.
- Done. Describe getting back and forth to Tsingtao during the Japanese occupation - smuggling of money.
- Who denounced Oscar and in what newspaper?
- What did Hellen say of her time in the hospital and emotional breakdown?
- Describe the trip on the Henry Winehart and the other ship (military).
- Describe market day.
- Describe going to Kiaomi and the town itself.
- Done. Describe the interior of your home, Egron's, Hedvig's.
- Done. What was Tsingtao like? Why was it nice to go there?
- What were the homes like of Chinese you knew who were wealth or poor?
- What was Hedvig's personality like? Incident that illustrated thier personality.
- What was Johan Alfred's personality like? Incident that illustrated thier personality.
- What was Oscar's personality like? Incident that illustrated thier personality.
- What was Hellen's personality like? Incident that illustrated thier personality.
- What was Egron's personality like? Incident that illustrated thier personality.
- What was Gerda's personality like? Incident that illustrated thier personality.
- Describe you time in Sweden when you returned in 1947, and stayed for nurses training.
- How did you get in touch with Bud Holmquist again?
- Gold broach (made by the goldsmith for your mother when she was leaving China).
- Describe trip on the Trans-Siberian railroad.
- Done.What was your brother, Roy, like? What did you do as children.
- Done via audio recording. What exactly was the quote regading 'fan' and the devil in Sweden you said to you aunt?
- Describe trip on Potsdam.
- Describe the smells in your home, Gerda's, Hedvigs.
- What was left in China that the Rinells could not ship out. Regarding what did leave China how did it get out? Books, carpets, porclain, etc.
- 1943 Svensk Afton : what Swedish foods were eaten?
Johnny :
- Question
Lally :
- Lally is looking for her copy of Jansson, Martin. Kineser på himlavägen, as of 01/2008
Margie :
- Question