Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aram, My favorite is the first picture of Martha, on the others I apreciate the life moments cheers Lluis El 11/01/2011, a las 3:54, Aram Langhans escribi?: > This is Martha, a neighbor of wife, Margie's dad. We are visiting > for a few weeks. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/250534-1/tea+party-0260.jpg > > We often have tea parties where we sit around, have treats and tea > and talk about lots of things. She is interesting. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/250532-1/tea+party-0257.jpg > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/250529-1/tea+party-0272.jpg > > She and her husband, who died a few years ago, are from Germany and > Poland, respectively. They both lived there through WWII and made > it to this country after the war. They had interesting stories > about what life was like. We can hardly imagine the conditions they > had to endure. She lived in what became East Germany, and lived > under Russian rule towards the last part of the war, which she > describes as being infinitely worse that the Germans. Of course, > she was German, but the conditions were bad. This time I asked how > she was able to get out and she said the boarder was not quite > sealed at that time, but she did have to go through a mine field to > get across the border and then make it to the US. She had to leave > her daughter behind with her mother because she and her husband > could not afford to take her at that time. Fascinating stuff. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/250536-1/tea+party-0267.jpg > > Comments and criticism welcome > Aram > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information