From Ukraine to Winsen.
Anna was born in 1924 in Lichtfelde, in the Halbstadt district — one of the German colonies on the Black Sea, in what is now Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. She came into the world in a cowshed, as the modest circumstances of the time often required.
What followed were experiences that shaped her life and outlook profoundly: war and flight forced her to leave her homeland. Around 1945 she finally reached Winsen (Aller) — and found a new home here that she would never leave again.
Perhaps it was exactly this history that made her the woman we knew: grateful for what she had, and always ready to give others a home.
The woman who always had room.
Anna — that was Dennis's grandmother, the host. A warm, kind-hearted woman who experienced so much in her long life — and who always welcomed everyone on Poststraße with open arms: her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and every guest who came through the door.
For the whole family, the house was a gathering place — where there was always a seat free at the table, where cake or vanilla pudding with strawberries stood on the table, and where a hug made you feel at home again straight away.
Those who knew her remember her patience, her pleasant sense of humour, and the calm with which she approached every problem — as if nothing couldn't be solved over a cup of coffee at the kitchen table.
Thank you, Oma Anna. For all the years, for every seat at the table, for a home we now get to share with others.