I assume the family had to leave their Prussian estates when the Soviets came in 1945. It's ironic that the great grandson is representing Schleswig-Holstein. In a way, that is fitting, because without Otto von Bismarck Schleswig-Holstein wouldn't be a part of Germany.
"without Otto von Bismarck Schleswig-Holstein wouldn't be a part of Germany."
Yes and without Holsteins Gateway computers would come in a plain brown box.
Without Otto von Bismarck, my great-grandfather wouldn't have left Schleswig-Holstein and come to America. I suspect he wasn't the only one, either...