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Finally, Roland Stichelmeir writes: My heartfelt thanks go to Dominique de
Caprona for her detective work and for
“... If you write an obituary for Gisela seeking out details in the archives. Without
Bergmann, it should not go unmentioned her it would not have been possible to
that the long-time employee, Amara Herzi write a halfway complete portrait of the
and his family, looked after Gisela to the end. Bergmanns and their efforts to preserve
Amara got the remaining horses, an express the Sloughi in its original form.
wish of Heinz-Gerd and Gisela. The
remaining horses are still kept at Baraket, Many thanks are due to Raouf Ochi, who is
Amara was probably able to continue leasing passing on the legacy and who was happy
the house. He is also very grateful for to provide his images.
donations to preserve the horses."
Many thanks to Gisela Schwarz and the
Schritts for giving me the opportunity to
"... Gisela died in August 2020 in the hospital use Bedui's photos.
in Jendouba and was buried in the Christian
cemetery in Tunis."
My heartfelt thanks for the breeding efforts
in connection with the Bergmanns and the
Gratitude
information from Ulrike and Roland
Stichelmeir, who supported the Bergmanns
My thanks go to everyone who took part in as much as they could and studied and
the sometimes arduous and detailed work experienced the local conditions for several
that was necessary to produce the article. years. In this way they make it possible to
A copy of this publication was sent to all show and portray the romantic view of
parties so that they could make suggestions European and American Sloughi lovers in
and objections before the text was contrast to the local realities in North
published.
Africa.
I would like to thank Barbara Wenger and My heartfelt thanks go to Els Siebel, who
Jürgen Springsfeld, as well as Beate has given advice on many questions about
Newport, for the information, magazine the early Sloughis.
articles and photos of the horse world.
Roland and Ulrike Stichelmeir were also
able to contribute important details about
the horses.
