Selected Events 2005

Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky and Dr. Konrad Auerbach, Toy Museum in Seiffen

August 15, 2005
Consul for Public Affairs Dr. Elizabeth Bonkowsky visited the southern Saxony town of Seiffen. The director of the town’s famous toy museum, Dr. Konrad Auerbach, showed Dr. Bonkowsky his display of toys exported to the United States in the early years of the 20th century and expressed appreciation for his contacts with folk art museums in the United States. Dr. Bonkowsky also visited Seiffen's public library. The chief librarian told Dr. Bonkowsky that she would welcome more English language books to meet a growing demand from high schoolers and their parents. She also noted that tourists to this wooden toy manufacturing town often looked for English-language publications.