Stunzner Family Collection ( cropped )
Fritz Stünzner was a builder and architect whose brilliant construction career in Samoa was cut tragically short by war and a forced return to Germany in 1919 .
Fritz , his Samoan-born wife , Mary Ellen ( nee Betham ), and four of their children returned to their beloved Samoa in 1925 . This time he chose a different occupation , a planter – but the grim 20th century was not yet done with him or his family .
This photo shows Fritz and Mary in about 1917 .
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