That place in the Greater Poland region is now called Ostatni Grosz which plainly means ‘Last Penny.’ Funny name, cautionary tale… After the world ends some, unfortunately, may end up going to hell.

After the early death of his father in 1902, his mother moved with Georg to Stolp in Pomerania (now Słupsk in Poland), where his mother took over the running of an officers’ mess. Grosz ...