PASSENGER CARD NO. 141
OTHER INFORMATION:
Boarding from: Los Angeles
List of baggage: 3 trunks
The official purpose of trip: Vacation
Description:
"She is a naive, terribly wealthy widow." That’s how some might describe her. But anyone who says that about Anna Goebel (née Lippers) only sees the surface. The truth is: Anna was so much more – but you’d only find that out if you looked more closely... Anna Lippers was born on June 15, 1916, in Oberwampach, Luxembourg – the third child of Michael and Christina Lippers-Heischt, and the niece of Guillaume Lippers, a Luxembourgish priest who died in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 (see TVRPG 2025). She grew up surrounded by meadows, wind, and the sounds of village life. Because of her family’s house name, "Op Heischt," she was also known by the nickname "Heischten Anna." In the early 1930s, like many young girls of the time, she was drawn to the big city – specifically, to Brussels, where she worked as a nanny. In 1938, she returned to Oberwampach. A year later, in 1939, she married Théodore Goebel, a secretary from Wiltz who was two years her senior. With the outbreak of war, a time of fear – and of courage – began. Together, Anna and Théodore secretly supported resistance fighters, forged documents, and risked their lives. After the war, everything changed with an inheritance: Théodore received a substantial fortune from a deceased aunt. He invested it wisely, while Anna dedicated herself entirely to her family. She gave birth to five children: Alice (*1942), Yvonne (*1945), Aloyse (*1948), Edmond (*1951), and Nicole (*1953). Life flew by. The children grew up and became parents themselves. The fortune continued to grow – quietly, through smart investments in good stocks. Among the rich and beautiful, Anna was often seen as naive – perhaps because she never tried to be anyone but herself. She loved her garden, her kitchen, her family – and most of all: her husband. He passed away in 1976 after a long illness. Anna was left behind – with her memories, her children, her grandchildren. And with stories. Stories that – passed down orally – reached back into the previous century. She loved to tell them, again and again, always with a smile, and sometimes with tears in her eyes. But one wish remained unfulfilled in her heart: a cruise. Not that she had never traveled – on the contrary. She and her husband had visited many places. But they had never taken a cruise. On her 70th birthday, however – that dream came true. Her children gave her a cruise as a gift. From Los Angeles, out into the Pacific Ocean. How… exciting...
Boarding from: Los Angeles
List of baggage: 3 trunks
The official purpose of trip: Vacation
Description:
"She is a naive, terribly wealthy widow." That’s how some might describe her. But anyone who says that about Anna Goebel (née Lippers) only sees the surface. The truth is: Anna was so much more – but you’d only find that out if you looked more closely... Anna Lippers was born on June 15, 1916, in Oberwampach, Luxembourg – the third child of Michael and Christina Lippers-Heischt, and the niece of Guillaume Lippers, a Luxembourgish priest who died in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 (see TVRPG 2025). She grew up surrounded by meadows, wind, and the sounds of village life. Because of her family’s house name, "Op Heischt," she was also known by the nickname "Heischten Anna." In the early 1930s, like many young girls of the time, she was drawn to the big city – specifically, to Brussels, where she worked as a nanny. In 1938, she returned to Oberwampach. A year later, in 1939, she married Théodore Goebel, a secretary from Wiltz who was two years her senior. With the outbreak of war, a time of fear – and of courage – began. Together, Anna and Théodore secretly supported resistance fighters, forged documents, and risked their lives. After the war, everything changed with an inheritance: Théodore received a substantial fortune from a deceased aunt. He invested it wisely, while Anna dedicated herself entirely to her family. She gave birth to five children: Alice (*1942), Yvonne (*1945), Aloyse (*1948), Edmond (*1951), and Nicole (*1953). Life flew by. The children grew up and became parents themselves. The fortune continued to grow – quietly, through smart investments in good stocks. Among the rich and beautiful, Anna was often seen as naive – perhaps because she never tried to be anyone but herself. She loved her garden, her kitchen, her family – and most of all: her husband. He passed away in 1976 after a long illness. Anna was left behind – with her memories, her children, her grandchildren. And with stories. Stories that – passed down orally – reached back into the previous century. She loved to tell them, again and again, always with a smile, and sometimes with tears in her eyes. But one wish remained unfulfilled in her heart: a cruise. Not that she had never traveled – on the contrary. She and her husband had visited many places. But they had never taken a cruise. On her 70th birthday, however – that dream came true. Her children gave her a cruise as a gift. From Los Angeles, out into the Pacific Ocean. How… exciting...