2023-05-28 15:56:13
Neuss (NRW) – Only life can write such a story: After a serious illness forced Georg Hentschel (64) to close his popular Beatles Museum in Neuss (the only one in the Rhineland) after 15 years, he found a new love. And she happens to be related to John Lennon (“Let it Be”)!
Due to illness, Hentschel had to close the museum. When he was considered cured after three years in the middle of the pandemic, he felt renewed vigour. He met alternative practitioner Elise Kushner (66) on a dating portal.
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“It didn’t take us long to realize that we are both big Beatles fans,” says the New Yorker, who has lived in Cologne for many years. But what she only revealed to her Georg later: She is more than four corners related to the great John Lennon! “It’s anecdotal, but my second cousin’s grandfather was related to John’s aunt’s husband.” Georg is certain: “It’s coincidence.”
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At only nine years old, little Georg discovered the music of the Beatles through his neighbor in Neuss-Holzheim: “I was immediately infected.” From then on, he saved all his money (“I had three jobs!”) to get the records to buy his idols.
” data-zoom-src=” Some of the official memorabilia are from the 70s: here ceramic figures (cost: 67 euros)Photo: Uli Engers
In the confectionery where he completed his training, he is only called “George” with a British pronunciation. “Georg” begins to collect all sorts of things about the Beatles. “At some point it was clear to me that I had to turn my hobby into a job.”
In 1989 he started a Beatles mail order company and was always on the lookout for unusual merchandising. “In those days, engraved mirrors were all the rage. I developed a new technique and had it patented,” says Hentschel.
” data-zoom-src=” The Beatles Museum from Neuss was the only one of its kind in the RhinelandPhoto: BILD