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In 1905 Bavaria Kicked Out Draft-Dodger Donald Trumps Draft-Dodging Grandpa
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“The American citizen and pensioner Friedrich Trump, currently residing in Kallstadt, is hereby informed that he is to depart the state of Bavaria, or face deportation”
Influential German daily newspaper Bild (literally, ‘picture’) broke the story, revealing letter written by Friedrich Trump to Prince Luitpold of Bavaria, begging the ruler not to deport him. Friedrich, you see, had left in 1885 at the age of 16, to get rich in the wilds of North America.
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Friedrich Trump returned to Bavaria in the early 1900s but since he had skipped out without completing his obligatory service in the Bavarian army (like grandson Donald would later dodge service in the United States Army) he was labeled a draft-dodger and had to go.
His letter was an appeal, and as the Post tells us, it failed:
“The American citizen and pensioner Friedrich Trump, currently residing in Kallstadt, is hereby informed that he is to depart the state of Bavaria, or face deportation,” authorities said in a document dated February 1905, according to Deutsche Welle.
In America and Canada, Friedrich Trump exhibited the same ability as his grandson to escape financial disaster, leaving Seattle right before “floods and avalanches destroyed the nearby railroad and development plans for the town were scrapped,” and pulled off the same timely maneuver in Canada when the gold rush finally ended.
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Friedrich Trump returned to Bavaria in the early 1900s but since he had skipped out without completing his obligatory service in the Bavarian army (like grandson Donald would later dodge service in the United States Army) he was labeled a draft-dodger and had to go.
His letter was an appeal, and as the Post tells us, it failed:
“The American citizen and pensioner Friedrich Trump, currently residing in Kallstadt, is hereby informed that he is to depart the state of Bavaria, or face deportation,” authorities said in a document dated February 1905, according to Deutsche Welle.
In America and Canada, Friedrich Trump exhibited the same ability as his grandson to escape financial disaster, leaving Seattle right before “floods and avalanches destroyed the nearby railroad and development plans for the town were scrapped,” and pulled off the same timely maneuver in Canada when the gold rush finally ended.
More at:
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/22/bavaria-kicked-donald-trumps-draft-dodging-grandpa.html
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