Gosh, i really love thise page, but sometimes i could freak out about the comments. It sounds like some of you think that the Dritte Reich still exists or at least tthat this type of government was still existing in the 70, get back in historyclass. Its insulting

Sometimes it`s weird and twisted to read / hear what people think about germans...

GREAT !

actually stop is also a german word ;)

Nice, funny to see this side of my hometown.but it should be spelled : Gefallene Kameraden or Den Gefallenen Kameraden ;)

I worked at pilgrim from 1977-1983, for the food service department. I had a lot of good times there and also alot of scarey ones. I would like to see pictures of the dining rooms again ,but have'nt come across any. Does any one know where to look for those...also there are still a few buildings still opened, a friend of mine still works there since 1977,what a retirement she will have!

My mom was committed to that hospital in 1953. She lost everything: her home, her family, her identity. The only records I ever obtained were of her very first 'treatment' (not sure where) which consisted of 13 electric shock treatments in 14 days. I found her 40 years later, still 'intact' carrying only her integrity- and somehow she had managed to maintain it. She had been released after only the first 7 years of commitment, and lived in and out of foster homes the rest of the time, and her life. Everyone I met who had any contact with her thought she was a wonderful woman. I think that the New York system took very good care of here, generally speaking. She died at 74 with little notice, in Buffalo, New York where she spent her entire life. Am working on a manuscript and your site came up as the first source of history. Thanks for you work.