Ernst Zundel's life in pictures

Birth to 1960's

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Also see: Part 2 - 1960s to 1995 | and Part 3 - 1995 to Present

Ernst's parents on their wedding day	Ernst in the arms of his proud father - 1939
Ernst's parents in 1944 (his father served as a medic on the Eastern Front during the war)	The Zündel family - 1944 (Ernst at age 5)
The 400-year-old Zündel homestead where Ernst grew up	Renovated by Ernst's younger brother in later years
The "Leiterwagen" used in Ernst's childhood to pick up wood and food	Apple cider barrels in the cellar
Herbal teas collected from the meadows	The "modernized" outhouse
Childhood memories of medieval utensils, pots made from wood	The idyllic path Ernst took up the mountain for the first 17 years of his life
The schoolhouse where Ernst learned the three R's	Attending trade school age 14
Ernst in trade school - 1954	A boyhood friend "Ato"

Graduation from graphics arts trade school - 1956

The magic Black Forest of Ernst's youtgh

A Warriors Monument in the village


Ernst as a commercial artist - 1958 Germany	Leaving Germany - August 21, 1958
The "William Ruys" with Ernst on board heading for Canada - Aug, 1958	October 1958 after arriving in Toronto
1958 - another Jimmy Dean?	At work at his first job in Canada
First marriage to Janick, a French-Canadian girl - 1959	A brand new baby - 1960