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Arriving in America
We were now together in New York and had escaped from Germany, but our problems were not over.
The Seashore Dream
How I tried to reach out to the outside world but couldn’t make it, as depicted by a dream I had in 1964.
Grandpa Was a Movie Mogul
The story of how Grandpa became a movie mogul is as unlikely as its ending was abrupt.
The War Is Ending
It was April 1945, and we were slated to move into Kassel, Germany, to secure our building and personality targets as the US Army Infantry was occupying the city. But before we could enter, there came a change of orders.
A Timely Thought
The world would be a much better place if love were the driving force of our existence
Longings
I am standing now at the railroad station of the small village where I reside with a Polish family.
A Kind Gesture
On a Friday afternoon in September, I started coughing. I thought it was no big deal.
My Stepfather
“The big fight will be on the radio tonight,” my stepfather said. “We can listen. It will not be for long.” I tried to comprehend what was happening. He didn’t speak directly to me very often, and almost never about something we would do together.
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