Jörn Geister: just some words for a life
Journal: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Year: 2025

Jrn GEISTER (Fig. 1) was born on October 29, 1940, in Wrbenthal, in the Eastern Sudetes, amidst the turmoil of World War II.The territory, now part of the Czech Republic, had been annexed by the Third Reich two years before his birth.In 1946, he was forced to migrate to Germany with his mother and grandparents.His father had already perished in Berlin with the arrival of the Russian Red Army.He vividly remembered the long journey in a windowless cattle train.After several relocations within Germ