An Incredibly Nostalgic Trove Discovered in a Man’s Childhood Home
A Home With a Past
Let’s cast ourselves back to Czechoslovakia in 1945. WWII had just finished, and German citizens were asked to return to Germany. This is where Rudi comes in. He was a young boy at this time, and when he and his family were sent back to Germany, their family home was taken from them.
Now, it’s been 70 years, and Rudi’s been given the chance to return to what’s now the Czech Republic to see his childhood home. Before his father passed away, Rudi remembers him telling him about a secret, but he couldn’t recall what it was. All he knew was it had to do with the home.
String Together
Rudi had since built a life in Germany with a big family of his own, but he never forgot his times in Czechoslovakia. At 80 years old, Rudi was ready to make the journey that would lead to the discovery of this mysterious string.
When his family fled, Rudi’s father left a lot of their possessions behind. There wasn’t any time to pack everything up and get it transported to Germany. Who knows what he’d come across when he returned? Regardless, it was time for Rudi to figure out what this secret was.
Grief Is a Curious Thing
Ever since they moved back to Germany, Rudi spent his whole life working tirelessly to save up money so that one day he could return to his childhood home. Not only was he working hard to save money, but he also had a big family to look after.
It’s not just money that Rudi was struggling with when it came to returning to his homeland. Grief, fear, and a little sense of doom were all feelings associated with making that journey back. Either way, he knew he’d have to push past those feelings.
It’s Now or Never
Rudi’s life felt like it had flown by. It literally seemed like yesterday that he was a small child living in Czechoslovakia, surrounded by the terrors of war. It was like he woke up the next day and had lived a full life, now 80 years old. He knew it was now or never for this journey.
What if this was the last trip Rudi would ever take? There was such a huge mystery behind his childhood home, and he was determined to get to the bottom of it. His family, who were now all curious about this big secret, decided to come with him.
Most of us have attics, right? They’re often a place where we store all of our junk or stuff we don’t need all year round. Christmas decorations, old clothes, and photo albums all linger in our attics. Well, for one man, Rudi Schaltter, he would come across a mystery in the attic of his childhood home. Rudi’s father built a house in what was Czechoslovakia in the 1920s, where the family lived up until the end of World War II. Almost 70 years later, Rudi would return to the home and find a tiny little string that would change everything.