Connections

Yes, it never crossed my mind to ask Cheryl Hoffman whether she has any family connection to the German Templers, a small Protestant cult founded by Christoph Hoffman and Georg Hardegg. Although their German Colony at Carmel was visited by Alexander A. Boddy during his journeys in Palestine, Boddy does not discuss in detail the nature of this German Colony in his book, "Days in Galilee." However, one hundred years later it seems that not many of those colonists' families remain there. Perhaps these Templers may congratulate themselves on having the inside scoop on the development of the Holy Land. They built that. But easy come, easy go. One hundred years later it seems that not many of those colonists' families remain there. Many of them were removed during World War II because of their suspected or obvious Nazi sympathies. It is all in the history books anyway so there would be no need for me to explain further.