Günther Johannes Paetsch
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Günther Johannes Paetsch playing the cello.
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September 24, 1929 Stuttgart,  Germany
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| Died | April 30, 1997 Colorado Springs, Colorado,  United States
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| Occupation | Cellist |
| Spouse(s) | Priscilla McClure Johnson (m. 1959) |
| Children | Phebe Verena Paetsch (b. 1960) Michaela Modjeska Paetsch (b. 1961) Brigitte McClure Paetsch (b. 1963) Johann Sebastian Paetsch (b. 1964) Christian Friedeman Paetsch (b. 1966) Engelbert Raphael Paetsch (b. 1968) Siegmund Amadeus Paetsch (b. 1971) |
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| Relatives | Irmgard Elisabeth Paetsch (sister) (1925-1998) |
Günther Johannes Paetsch (September 24, 1929 – April 30, 1997), a native of Germany, was a cellist and co-founder of the Paetsch Family Chamber Music Ensemble in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. He is the husband of violinist Priscilla Paetsch and the father of their seven children.
Günther Johannes Paetsch was born on September 24, 1929 in Stuttgart, Germany, the son of Heinrich Karl Willy Paetsch; (1892–1970) and Helene Marie (née Matt; 1889–1942) in the Württembergische Landeshebammenschule (a clinic in Baden-Württemberg where midwives are trained). Shortly afterwards he went home and then into the children's hospital (the Kinderklinik was near Senefelderstraße), when he got diphtheria. He, like all native Swabians, grew up speaking Schwäbisch, as the (Swabian German) dialect was spoken in much of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg. He was often heard saying things like Guts Nächtle, which would be the equivalent of Gute Nacht in High German (or good night in English). Günther was one of the first sons to be born to a couple in the The Christian Community church in Stuttgart that was inspired by Rudolf Steiner. Although not professional musicians, both his parents were musicians. His mother played the piano and his father played the cello. He had an older sister, Irmgard Elisabeth Paetsch (1925–1998), a pianist who taught in Stuttgart.
Paetsch was very young during World War II in Stuttgart, and everything in his parents' home and its surroundings were destroyed by the aerial bombing. Stuttgart, like many cities in Germany, was left nearly flattened after the war, having been air raided at least 53 times during the nights, which destroyed 68% of the city.
On November 22, 1942, Paetsch's mother, Helena Maria, died while she was in the hospital as southern Stuttgart was attacked by 191 aircraft during a bombing raid in the early morning hours. The next night, there was a big bombing raid with search lights all over the sky looking for the airplanes, and ground forces firing back. Paetsch was 13 years old at the time. His maternal grandfather, Friedrich Matt, died on December 19, 1940 when their home was bombed during World War II. His aunt Mina Hedwig (Paetsch) Böttger also died in a bomb attack on September 13, 1944 in Stuttgart.
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