A Dreisbach/Trespach Author from Brazil
Rodrigo Trespach lives with his wife and two sons in southern Brazil, in an area that was settled by Germans in the 1800’s. He has written a book about these immigrants (which include his ancestors) called Passengers in the ship Kranich - History and Genealogy of Dressbach Family. Rodrigo has written many more books, all in Portuguese or German and is an authority on German and other immigration to Brazil. Here is a list of his publications:
1824: [How the Germans came to Brazil, created the first colonies, participated in the emergence of the Protestant Church and a plan to assassinate d. Pedro I]. Rio de Janeiro: Leya Brasil, 2019. ISBN 9788577347049.
Histórias não (ou mal) contadas [Untold (or Badly told) Histories]: 1914-1918 [WWI]. Rio de Janeiro: HarperCollins Brasil, 2018. ISBN 9788595083981.
Histórias não (ou mal) contadas: [Slavery, from the year 1000 to the 21’century]. Rio de Janeiro: HarperCollins Brasil, 2018. ISBN 9788569514190.
Histórias não (ou mal) contadas: [Revolts, coups d’état and revolutions in Brazil]. Rio de Janeiro: HarperCollins Brasil, 2017. ISBN: 9788569514176.
Histórias não (ou mal) contadas: 1939-1945 [WWII]. Rio de Janeiro: HarperCollins Brasil, 2017. ISBN: 978-85-9508-102-4.
Quatro Dias em abril: [Four Days in April: Essay on the Civil War or Federalist Revolution of 1893]. Porto Alegre: Martins Livreiro, 2016. ISBN: 9788575372302.
Amor à Arte: [Love of Art: Antonio Stenzel Filho and his time]. By ALVES, Anderson; TRESPACH, Rodrigo, et al. Porto Alegre: Pragmatha, 2015. ISBN: 9788584340477.
Cidade dos Ventos: [City of Winds: Selected Texts]. Porto Alegre:Pragmatha, 2014. ISBN 9788584340231.
O Lavrador e o Sapateiro: [The Farmer and the Shoemaker: Memory, Oral Tradition and Literature]. Porto Alegre: EdiPUCRS, 2013. ISBN 9788539703029.
Aufbruch zu fremden Ufern: Auswanderung aus dem Büdinger Land [Departure to foreign lands: emigration from the Büdinger Land]. Büdingen: Geschichtsverkstatt Büdingen, 2012. By TRESPACH, Rodrigo; DECKER, Klaus-Peter; KEHM, Hans Erich. ISBN 9783939454724.
Borger, Justin, Schmitt e outras famílias de origem germânica– Subsídios genealógicos [Borger, Justin, Schmitt and other families of German origin - Genealogy allowances], ancestors of the immigrant families of Balz, Borger, Dexheimer, Heineck, Justin, Krämer, Schmitt, Schneider, Schumacher, Sohns, Wetter, Wilhelm e Zimmermann. Florianópolis: Secco, 2010. ISBN 9788598128344.
Passageiros no Kranich– História e Genealogia da família Dreßbach (Dresbach, Dressbach, Tresbach e Trespach) [Passengers in the Kranich - History and Genealogy of Dressbach Family]. Porto Alegre: Editora Alcance, 2007. ISBN 9788575920664.
You can find out more about Rodrigo’s books at: http://www.rodrigotrespach.com/publicacoes/