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Helga Stover: from Bavaria to Athens, AL
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Helga Stover: from Bavaria to Athens, AL

Alright Athens

January 30, 202312m 18s

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Show Notes

Helga Stover came to America from Germany in 1956, settling in North Alabama in 1964. Though initially in "culture shock" Helga's is a story of adaptation and embracing life both in Madison and Limestone County. She also talks about Limestone County's original Germantown  - a thriving community started by German immigrants back in the 1890's.   

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Southern culturepersonal storiesSouthern communitiessocietyconversationsAthensAlabamaGermantownpersonal storiesimmigrantsWorld War IIentertainmentnostalgiaSouthern lifeAthens-Limestone Public Library