Healings back then
In 1949 A. Kaul, PhD., wrote a brochure about the events in Herford.
Here are a few excerpts:
Among the seekers of healing who waited in the house No. 7 Wilhelmsplatz during the night of June 17 to 18, 1949, there are also some English men and women who heard about Gröning's reputation. A German doctor appeared with three of his patients: a young man with lung and bone TB and a stiff left leg; a boy paralyzed in both legs; and a young girl with chronic nervous headaches.
Gröning does not diagnose. He simply tells the young TB patient that he should pay special attention to the bone in his left leg. "What do you feel now?" "A hot stream is running through my body." "And now?" "My left leg is tingling." "Lift your leg as high as I am doing!" Gröning shows him how, lifting his own knee up to his abdomen. The young man hesitates. "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 can move my leg!" "You'll regain your health, but with you it will take time. 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 crippled! "Gröning turns his head. "You must not say that!" he nearly barks at her. "You are holding on to your child's illness! My son, get up! You can do it!" Red spots appear on the child's 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 stand 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 child's head and sends him back to his mother, saying, “Slowly, and practice, not too much at once, as your 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's sake, no!" comes from her lips.
And the doctor? He speechlessly watches what is happening. He shakes Gröning's hand. "Mr. Gröning, I am entirely 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 to 6) a physician brought Karl Sch. into the house with the exciting observation that the blind man had regained his sight in the yard in front of the Traberhof. Mr. Sch. produced confirmation from the University Eye Clinic in Munich from 1949 stating: The patient Karl Sch., born August 24, 1914, suffers from tremors, corneal scarring and a congenital cataract in his right eye. His vision is 1/20. His left eye is missing. The patient is, therefore, practically blind. Reduction in his gainful employment is 125%. Mr. Sch. needs a constant companion. Signed Dr. E. Walser, Department Head. This blind man was waiting in the place where Gröning sent his healing stream, from the Bremen region at the time. Most deeply moved, he now describes how he had suddenly had the feeling that something was changing in his eye and how he then became aware of a lit-up advertisement on the roof of the Traberhof: a horse's head in the blue neon light. The whole surrounding world then began to lift from the darkness, until he could see everything well. The first medical checkup was done by Dr. Zetti, who confirmed the man's 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 to the left and right of the highway, from a church steeple close by to far away mountains. (...)In answer to my question of what he had done to receive the healing, he said that he had prayed and waited (…)
Some remarkable scenes occur when Gröning is able to give a blind person their sight back. In a few cases, when their sight returned again totally without any intervention, the happy people were almost overcome by the almost incredible change in their destiny. As Gröning explained 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 Weikersheim Guest House in Grafelfing.
Here are a few excerpts:
One day, a distressed looking young woman and a young girl of about nine sat in the second row. When Gröning asked her, "Well, Mother, what do you feel?" she answered, "Unfortunately nothing, 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 8 months pregnant. When you were rescued, the child came into the world 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 anymore, so long as you, the mother, firmly believe."
Eight days later the woman was back. The sorrowful expression was gone. She was literally rejuvenated. This time when Gröning asked her, she replied, "Yes, today warmth is trickling through me, and I feel happy and free." "Have courage now! Stick with it. It will happen soon."
A week later, the woman was there again, and right in the middle of his lecture, Bruno Gröning walked up to her, stood still and said, "Mother, on Thursday at 5:20 p.m., take your little child into a darkened room. She will see, but, because she has never seen colors or shapes yet, she would get frightened and the shock could make her sick. Let her slowly get used to everything in her surroundings!"
As this case particularly interested me, 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 about the child again and found out that she can see normally as though she had never been blind.
Once a young woman with a face as white as snow was brought in on a wheelchair. During the lecture, she lost consciousness and looked as though she was 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, red-cheeked, climbed out of the wheelchair, and walked towards Gröning, still a little unsure, but with a radiant, amazed look in her eyes. "It's fine, my good woman, when one can stand on one's own legs again like that and one's 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 doing 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 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 two-hour lecture. He often looked questioningly at his wife from the side, as if he needed to get used to the sight of his healthy wife.
There would often be deaf people sitting at the back who would answer Gröning’s softly asked question, “Can you hear me well when I speak this loudly?” with, “Yes, I understand every word when you speak so loudly, and buzzing and humming noises have started in my head.” Everyone would laugh, as they all noticed how quietly Gröning had spoken when he asked the question.
= The Phenomenon Bruno Gröning 
= The Phenomenon of Healing 
= Both films 
