Name: Haus der Familie Haude
Address: Selb, Germany

The Haude family in front of their store, Selb, Bavaria, 1957 (Courtesy of Karin Haude). Karin Haude writes, that “Carolath (today Siedlisko in Poland, SH) was the town in Silesia from which my father’s parents were forced to flee at the end of the war. In the photo, alongside my mother and my grandparents, Frieda and Adolf Haude, there is also a couple from Carolath”. ’Nubbern’ means ’neighbours’ in lower Silesian dialect.

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The Haude family in front of their store, Selb, Bavaria, 1957 (Courtesy of Karin Haude). Karin Haude writes, that “Carolath (today Siedlisko in Poland, SH) was the town in Silesia from which my father’s parents were forced to flee at the end of the war. In the photo, alongside my mother and my grandparents, Frieda and Adolf Haude, there is also a couple from Carolath”. ’Nubbern’ means ’neighbours’ in lower Silesian dialect.

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The Gemischtwarenladen, Ahornweg 6, Selb, Bavaria (Courtesy of Karin Haude)

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While studying at the Porcelain Technical College in Selb, Germany, Hassan Heshmat and his wife, Zeinab, lived with the Haude family at 6 Ahornweg. In 1957, three generations of the Haude family lived under one roof. Friede Haude, the grandmother, came up with the idea to sublet a room to a student in Selb. Thus, they shared the top floor with Hassan and Zeinab. Zeinab had a heart condition for several years, and the couple had hoped she could receive treatment in West Germany in 1958 and in Budapest. Her health improved, as recounted in his autobiography. After returning to Egypt, the couple moved into their new house in Ain Shams and reunited with their children, who, on the doctor’s advice, had attended a nursery prior to their stay in Germany. The Haude family ran a general store out of their home, selling everyday goods. Anneliese Haude, who was newly married at the time, recalls that the Egyptian couple was very friendly and that Heshmat was outgoing. He usually bought his goods at the small store in the house after coming back from school. However, she has no recollection of what Zeinab, who had four children ranging in age from 2 to 10 back home in Cairo, did during her long days. However, we know they celebrated Christmas together because we found photos of the event in two family albums: one with Magda Heshmat in Ismailia, Egypt, and the other with Karin Haude in Hof, Germany. Zeinab knitted the dress worn by the toddler in one of the pictures. Sixty-nine years later, Ms. Haude recognized the photo from her family album in ZMO’s digital exhibition “Hassan Heshmat - Ein Visionär seiner Zeit” and contacted the center in Berlin.

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Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO). “Haus der Familie Haude.” Global Heshmat, n.d. Record residence:3. Version 82de5b4d2f9b (build d691eec046ad7a6e). https://heshmat.zmo.de/residences/haus-der-familie-haude/. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.

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