Figure 1.--Here we see a German brother and sister in the 1920s. Notice that their blouses are identical. A "Kurhaus" means a cure or treatment house in the sence of a hotel or resort. A reader tells us, "A Kurhaus is indeed a hotel in a resort, a place where people go for their health and a treatment. These hotels not only provide rooms and meals, they also have medical doctors and physical therapists on the staff. And of course they offer entertainment, sometimes also casinos. A very famous Kurhaus is the one in Scheveningen, a resort on the North Sea in the Netherlands, where many well-known entertainers and bands have been playing. I belive even the Beetles before they became famous. In Germany Baden-Baden, Wiesbaden, Bad Kissingen, Bad So And So, Karlsbad in Bohemia, all have a Kurhaus. Of course, the bigger cities have several. It is an industry." |
