Hummel Goebel

Starting 1937 Sister Maria Inocentia's physical resistance started to get in obvious decline. A chain of Nazi imposed hardships made the life in the Siessen Convent harder and harder, the royalties obtained  for the manufacture of Hummel figurines helped the Convent in a big way.

In 1940 the Berlin government wanted all religious activities in Germany be stopped. At the end of that year Siessen Convent was assigned to be an ethnic repatriation for Germans who formally lived in other countries.

Maria Innocentia continued with her artistic drawings, but the food shortage, and many other factors contribute to a continue decline of the health.

In 1944, after a relapse of her lung infection, in a hospital in the Swabien Alps she got a correct diagnostic of chronic tuberculosis.

It was too late, a new relapse in 1945, and in Nov 1946 Sister Maria Innocentia died at age of 37. 

The celebration of 100 years of Goebel Company and they accompishments was an important event in 1971.

To Celebrate the magic of 100 years Goebel introduced first annual "M. I. Hummel" plate.

That plate and the ones which follow were unique, each porcelain plate had its hand-decorated motif in form of a bas-relief. It was produced for 12 month of that year and the mold was destroyed after a period of an year.

If you happen to collect those plates keep them, they are precious, and they are unique, they will never be reproduced.

In 1975 was also a celebration of five years of the anual plates. That year plate was larger in size.

I present a couple of them, enjoy the charming plates.