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I don't know if it counts as hoarding, but my great grandfather fought for Germany on the Western Front in WWI and then lived through WWII in southern Germany.
by JackFr 3y ago
I don't know if it counts as hoarding, but my great grandfather fought for Germany on the Western Front in WWI and then lived through WWII in southern Germany. In 1950 my grandparents were able to get him to NY where he lived with them until he died. When he died they cleaned out his room (which he kept very tidy) and found food hidden in various places -- cans underneath clothes in dressers and behind books on shelves, Hershey bars under the mattress, etc. I guess he had lived through some stuff and wasn't going to be caught out ever again.
- LinuxBender 3y agoMany that went through the great depression did this. They also saved money in obscure places so check wall outlets, attic, look for lose boards, etc... any nooks and crannies so to speak, there could be valuables. Advice passed on to me from multiple probate attorneys
- angst_ridden 3y agoBack in the 90s, I helped clean out the apartment of a Holocaust survivor. She'd been taken out of a death camp for a labor camp, and nearly starved. There was food stashed all over the apartment. Like you mention, canned food in odd places, hard candies hidden everywhere imaginable, boxes of crackers behind books on the shelves, etc. Also, small caches of coins or other valuables. It was both impressive and pathetic.
- sorrytobedark 3y ago[dead]
- ManuelKiessling 3y agoOne of the grandmothers on the Hungarian side of our family moved out of her house a couple of years ago. Her son helped her pack up everything. When he opened a drawer, it was shock full with matchboxes. He asked „Anya, why on earth do you keep thousands of matches in that drawer?“ She just calmly said: „I lived through one war without matches, I will not live through another war without matches.“