Gäbler Genealogie

Carlo Henze: "My grandmother’s brother, Armin Baltzer, emigrated early to Switzerland, where he became a prominent geologist and university professor in Bern. His son (and my father’s first cousin) Fritz Baltzer studied zoology and spent much time in Naples working on genetic problems and embryology, using sea urchin eggs. For a time he lived with us in Villa Born and remained our much loved and admired “Uncle Fritz” or Zio Fritz until his death some ten years ago [in 1982]. As chairman of the department of Zoology at Bern University, he was well known among his colleagues for his work in developmental evolution and publications on the physiology of the Bonelia worm. He had two sons, Armin and Werner, and two daughters, Anni and Dorli. Armin died in an avalanche accident on Piz Kesch and Werner succumbed to a brain tumor. The girls are both married, live in Switzerland and have progeny of their own. Our family’s enduring affinity with Switzerland is based on this early family relationship."

Dazu N. Baltzer: Bei meinem Vater, Dr. med. Armin Donatus Baltzer ‎hat Carlo Henze durch seine Bemerkungen wohl eine kleine Verwechslung verursacht: Der Zwillingsbruder Werner (I7218) starb bei einem Lawinenunglück am Piz Kesch 1962, nicht mein Vater. Es war mein Vater (I7220), der einen Gehirntumor hatte und 1957 verstarb.