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Margret Wittmer
Margret Wittmer is the author of the book “Postlagernd Floreana”. The book was first published in 1959 in Germany and later translated into 13 languages. The book “Floreana” (title in English) is a narration of the pioneering of the Wittmer Family in Floreana, a lonely island in the Galapagos Archipelago. Her son Rolf was one of the first to develop the tourism activity in the Galapagos Islands. She died in March 2001.

Margret Walbroel Leuchtenberg was born in Cologne on July 12, 1904. She was the second daughter of a goldsmith, Mr. Johannes Walbroel. Her mother was Eva Leuchtenber, died Margret was ten years old.

Margret lived in Cologne until 1932 when she left Germany with Mr. Heinz Wittmer Brockmann who worked as the personal secretary of Mr. Konrad Adenauer, Major of Cologne before the nationalism. Mr. Wittmer had served in the First World War and decided to abandon Germany when the nationalism started shaping.

The Wittmers decided to leave Germany to Floreana an island described by William Beebe in his book “Galapagos the Worlds End” published in December 1924. According to Ms. Wittmer, the island was described as lonely, had fresh water and no snakes. By that time, Dr. Friederich Ritter a former dentist in Berlin and his mistress Ms. Dore Strauch lived in the island. The couple did periodic publications in German newspapers that encouraged the Wittmers adventure.

Heinz Wittmer, Margret Walbroel, Harry Wittmer (who was the son of Heinz from his first marriage) and their dogs Hertha and Lump arrived in Floreana in August 1932 after a long voyage from their natal Germany.

When the family arrived in the island they settled in caves that can be visited today in the highlands of the Floreana. The origin of the caves is unknown but they were used by pirates and buccaneers during 1700 and 1800 as a refuge. Cravings containing dates and names are still distinguished today.

The first refuge of the Wittmers used the caves, a few campaign tents and boxes brought with them as furniture. The Wittmers also used animal skins and materials from the islands highlands for making the caves habitable until they built their first house in 1933. In January 1st, 1933 Rolf Wittmer Walbroel was born in the caves of Floreana. Mr Rolf Wittmer is the first man whose birth is historically documented in the island.

The family managed to survive in the island by using the available resources at the island. Hunting wild animals that were introduced by buccaneer ships was one of the primary activities; the hunt consisted of wild pigs and boars. There were also wild donkeys, dogs and cats in the island at the moment. Vegetable species introduced before the Wittmers arrived included orange, papaws and some other fruit trees. The Wittmers developed later a farm and subsisted from agriculture and hunting, some wild animals were domesticated for transportation and animal power purposes.

The Wittmer family was involved in a series of events broadly publicized in Europe during the decade of 1930. These events were named “The Floreana Affair” by international press. These events include the mysterious death of Dr. Ritter by meat poisoning (although he claimed to be a vegetarian) and the mysterious disappearances of two inhabitants of the island: Ms. Eloise Wagner and one of her two lovers, Mr. Philipson. Her second lover, Lorenz, was found dead in the northern island of Marchena a few weeks later.

The Wittmers lived peacefully between “The Floreana Affair” and World War Two when Floreana was under the United States Army influence. The island was initially set as a potential military base but the base was built later in Baltra Island. The Wittmers worked as agriculture providers for the military base in Baltra and developed a good relationship with the US military in the base.

The Wittmers had many important visitors and friends in Floreana. Some of the most prominent names are Walt Disney in his early years and Mr. Thor Heierdahl with the Kon Tiki Expedition that went across the south pacific in search for the origins of man. In her book, Margret Wittmer claims that President Theodor Rooselvelt went to visit them in the island but they missed the visit. Wittmer was visited by many friends from around the globe that were in search for adventures and these very particular people.

In 1959 Margret Wittmer published a book titled “Postlagernd Floreana” in Germany. The book has been catalogued as one of the 500 great books written by women by Erica Bauermeister and was translated into 13 languages during the first edition. In this book, author Margret Wittmer narrates the events that took place during “The Floreana Affair” in her own version. The book also expresses her own personal drama as a mother and wife in a mostly inhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

In 1967, Margret’s son, Rolf Wittmer built a small ship under the name of Kohln. With this ship Rolf Wittmer started fishing activities for helping the subsistence of the family. Rolf started offering guided tours in his boat to travelers and family friends that wanted to travel around the archipelago. Rolf Wittmer unintentionally became the pioneer of tourism in the Galapagos by doing this. In 1969, Rolf built a new boat, the Yacht Tip Top I and he officially started offering eco touristic voyages in the islands. Rolf Wittmer Turismo is a native company that operates trip to this day.