Tag Archives: World War II

Daddy Went to Spy School!

Posted on April 8, 2019 by

Every few months I google my name to see if anything new has appeared—my maiden name, not my current name. I try the many variations I have discovered, and this week, I got a new hit. On the second page … Continue reading →

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An Unexpected Contact

Posted on October 30, 2017 by

For those of you who have read this blog and possibly my book, you know that I spent a lot of time researching the story of my family’s years in Russia beginning in 1931. I did my best to be … Continue reading →

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Josef Stalin Trivia

Posted on July 24, 2017 by

As I was flipping through the pages of my baby book in search of an idea for my other blog, Mommymeanderings, I found a copy of Stars and Stripes, which is a newspaper focused on the U.S. Armed Forces. I … Continue reading →

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Baba- A True Survivor

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

I am fortunate that my two grandmothers lived long enough for me to remember them, but I really only knew my mother’s mom, who lived in the house next to us for my first thirteen years. My Russian grandma—Baba—came into … Continue reading →

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All the News That’s Fit to Find

Posted on April 13, 2017 by

This week I decided to change my subscription to newspapers.com so that I could increase my access to now just under 5000 newspapers spanning a time period from the 1700s until today. Since then, I have been having a grand … Continue reading →

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I Underestimated the Horror

Posted on March 3, 2017 by

Although I planned on no further posts for a few weeks, I am too excited to wait. I recently found an article which was posted in the Bridgewater, New Jersey Courier News on July 12, 1945—just five days after my … Continue reading →

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Days of a Refugee

Posted on November 14, 2016 by

We are all familiar with the Syrian refugee crisis, but do we really know what it’s like to be on the run from a war—not knowing how to keep your family safe or where you will find shelter free from … Continue reading →

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Another Veteran’s Day

Posted on November 10, 2016 by

Today is Veteran’s Day, and every year on this day, I think of my dad—a very proud veteran of the Second World War. Going to war is never easy, but in his case, he served knowing that the rest of … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 is Reminding Me of the Past

Posted on November 3, 2016 by

What would you do if you woke up one morning and learned that the country in which you were living was under attack? And what would you do if you were a member of that family—a son, a brother—but thousands … Continue reading →

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Writing Takes Minimal Difficulty

Posted on August 12, 2016 by

I went to my thesaurus trying to find an adequate word to describe the difficulty of writing a book, but I then realized I don’t need a pretentious, five-star word that would impress one of my former English teachers. What’s … Continue reading →

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