Bruno Gröning Documentary film

In 1949 A. Kaul, phD. wrote a brochure about the events in Herford. Here are a few excerpts:

		Among the healing seekers who waited in the house No. 7 Wilhelmsplatz during the night of June 17 - 18. June, 1949, there are also some English men and women who heard about Gröning' reputation. One German doctor appeared with three of his patients: the case of a young man with lung and bone TB with stiffening of the left leg, a boy paralyzed in both legs, a young girl with chronic nervous headaches.


Gröning does not give any diagnosis. He simply tells the young TB patient that he should pay special attention to the bone in his left leg. What do you fell now? A hot stream is running through my body. And now? It' tingling in my left leg. Lift your leg as high as I am doing! Gröning show him, lifting his own knee leg up to his abdomen. The young man is hesitating. You can do it just like me! Without any visible effort, the patient lifts his leg, which had been stiff before, into the required position. Incredulous, he keeps looking at his leg and at his physician. Is that possible, I canmove my leg! You'll regain your health, but it will go slowly with you. Write to me! And, turning to the physician: Keep me informed!


		The boy paralyzed in both legs sits next to his mother with his two crutches: Get up, my son! The mother objects: He can't get up. He is lame! Gröning turns his head. You must not say that he nearly barks at her. You are holding on to your child' illness! My son, get up, you can do it! Red spots appear on the child' narrow face, his mouth is trembling and tears roll out of his eyes. Deeply moved, the many people in the room see the boy get up from the armchair and standing now, alone, without his crutches. “And now, come to me!” He approaches Gröning, who looks him lovingly in the eyes and holds his hand out to him, with shaky steps. Lovingly he caresses the head of the child and sends him back to his mother, saying, “Slowly, and practice, not too much at once, as the legs are still weak! Use the crutches for the journey home, but then you can throw them away!” The happy eyes of the child and a happy mother are his thanks.

The young girl with the chronic headaches is already healed before Gröning addresses her. No, she no longer has any pain. Do you want to have your pain back again? No, no, for God' sake, no. comes from her lips.

And the doctor? He speechlessly watched these processes. He gives Gröning his hand: Mr. Gröning, I am totally at your disposal, I have complete faith in you!

In 1949 Dr. Trampler wrote a book about the events at the Traberhof in Rosenheim. Here are a few excerpts:

		In one of the past nights (September 5./6.) a physician brought Karl Sch. into the house with the exciting observation that the blind man had regained his sight on the square in the yard in front of the Traberhof. Mr. Sch. produced confirmation from the university eye clinic in Munich from 1949 stating that: The patient Karl Sch., born August 24, 1914, suffers from tremors, corneal scarring and
congenital cataract in his right eye. His vision is 1/20. The left eye is missing. The patient is, therefore, practically blind. The reduction in his gainful employment is 125%. Mr. Sch. constantly needs a companion. Signed Dr. E. Walser, department head. This blind man was waiting in the place where Gröning sent his healing waves, from the Bremen region at the time. Most deeply moved he now describes how he suddenly had had the feeling that something was changing in his eyes and how he then became aware of the horse head in the blue neon light, a lighted advertisement on the roof of the Traberhof. The whole surrounding world then began to lift itself from the darkness until he could see everything well. The first medical checkup came from Dr. Zetti, confirming his statements. The next day I drove Mr. Sch. to Munich. On the highway he described to me which vehicles became visible from a distance of several hundred meters. He told me what could be seen left and right from the highway, from the church steeple close by to the mountains far away. (...)To my question what he had done to receive the healing, he said that he had prayed and waited (...)


Some remarkable scenes occur when Gröning can give a blind person his sight back.In a few cases when their sight returned again totally without any intervention, the happy people were almost too overcome by the almost incredible change in their destiny. As Gröning explained it to me, there are some people among them who were born blind and to whom the whole visible world needs to be explained first.

In 1950/1951 Anny, Baroness von Eschenbach noted various occurrences that had taken place around Bruno Gröning in the guest house Weikersheim in GrÄfelfing. Here are a few excerpts:

One day a young woman with a distressed face and a young girl of about nine years sat in the second row. When Gröning asked her: Well, Mother, what do you feel? she answered: Nothing, unfortunately, Mr. Gröning!

		Well, Mother, don't keep looking back to the past! The terror of it all is still inside you, you have to let go of it first. It was during a bombing attack. You were in a kind of garden house and were buried and you were in your eighth month. When you were rescued, the child came into the world and was blind. Is that right?


Amazed, the woman answered: Yes, exactly! Then Bruno Gröning told her: Well now, don't think of that terrible time any more. But firmly believe and ask God for His help! You won't need to bring the little child with you any more, so long as the mother firmly believes. Eight days later the woman was back. The sorrowful expression in her face was gone, she was literally rejuvenated. When Gröning asked her then, she answered: Yes, today warmth is trickling through me and I feel happy and free. Courage now! Stick with it, it will happen soon.

A week later, the woman was there again and right during his lecture, Bruno Gröning walked towards her, stood still and said: Mother, on Thursday at 5:20 p.m. take your little child and lead her into a darkened room. She will see, but, because she has never seen colours or shapes yet, she would be frightened and the shock could make her sick. Let her slowly get used to everything in her surroundings!

As this case interested me particularly, I inquired and found out somewhat later that everything happened exactly as Bruno Gröning had said, down to the very minute. Some years later, I asked Bruno Gröning himself after the child again and found out that she sees normally as though she had never been blind. Once a young woman with a snow white face was brought in a wheelchair. During the lecture, she lost consciousness and looked dead. Bruno Gröning just gave her a quick look and reassured the people around her who were getting somewhat worried, especially the man by her side. After barely half an hour, she woke up, stretched, had red cheeks, climbed out of the wheelchair and walked towards Gröning, still a little unsure, but with a radiant, amazed look in her eyes. Fine, my good woman, when one can stand on one' own legs like that again and the little heart beats normally again. But don't try and catch up on the lost years right away, just lead your body slowly back to do its job! When the woman wanted to thank him, Gröning told her: Thank God! I am just his little helper, prove now that you are a true child of God!


		The man who had brought her in stood up and said with a moved voice, “Mr. Gröning, I am her husband and am also a physician. For me, my wife was incurable, although I had tried everything. But she had only one wish, and that was to come to you. I was convinced that she would pass away on the drive here, as she suffered from such a severe heart ailment that every movement was life threatening. I am deeply shaken by this miracle and can hardly believe it!”

Crying with joy, he pushed the empty wheelchair out and sat down next to his wife and listened to the 2 hour lecture. He looked questioningly at his wife often from the side, as if he needed to get used to the vision of his healthy wife. Often there would be deaf people sitting in the back, who would answer Gröning’s softly asked question, “Can you hear me?” with, “Yes, I understand every word when you speak so loudly, and I here buzzing and humming noises in my head.” Everyone laughed, as they all noticed how softly Gröning had asked the question.