Peter Lobbenberg
jzeisler@... Jerry Zeisler asked for a translation of the entry on his cousin's ITS card after the war. =============>
What an amazing story! A couple of translation points: I don't think "Renforter" is proper German, I assume it must be a corruption of some other word; but the sense seems clearly to be "confrontation". As to Stadtwäldchen, this shouldn't be translated literally, as it's the name of a locality. Several European cities have one, but to judge by the Reserveoberleutnant's name this seems likely to be the one in Budapest. English Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Park_(Budapest) calls it Városliget in Hungarian and City Park in English. German Wikipedia duly has it as Stadtwäldchen. Lastly, Parkett means "ballroom floor" - so Parketttänzer means "ballroom dancer". As demonstrated by the wonderful postcard. Peter Lobbenberg, London, UK
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