The same year, the 'Marshes', an 18th-century palace in the village of Heinzendorf (now Bagno, in Poland) was acquired by Johanna's husband where their children spent much of their youth with them.

They extended and refurbished the building that remained in the family until 1927, when her older son, Georg Conrad, who was running the business by this time, was forced to sell it, due to financial difficulties.

Werner, her second child, after service in both the Prussian Army cavalry and the Imperial German Navy during World War I, pursued a diplomatic career for the new Weimar Republic, training at the Consular School in Vienna.

The rise of the Nazi Party in the Weimar Republic continued to distress the family and after Adolf Hitler's National Revolution in 1933, Kissling was forced to resign his position at the German embassy.

Kissling moved to Cambridge, having acquired the position as ‘Keeper of Collections’ at the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology but he continued travelling taking photos.

She came to live with her son in Scotland, they bought The Kings Arms Hotel in Melrose, Scottish Borders, that was owned by Johanna.

The photographs and films that were curated by Jenny Brownrigg were by Helen Biggar, Violet Banks, Christina Broom, Mary Ethel Muir Donaldson, Dr Beatrice Garvie, Jenny Gilbertson, Isabel Frances Grant, Ruby Grierson, Marion Grierson, Isobel Wylie Hutchison, Isabell Burton-MacKenzie, Margaret Fay Shaw and Margaret Watkins[6] These women present different accounts of Scotland, covering both rural and city places and communities.