My grandmother Hedi and great grandfather Bruno Valentin in the summer of 1935 on an autumn bike ride in Hannover Germany. Jews standing in front of a nazi flag. Doesn't get much more eerie.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Arbeit Does Not Make You Frei
I like to keep Mr. Bunndini's blog light hearted and pithy because there are enough bad vibes in the world already but I've been working on a project for the past few days which has made me very reflective. I have been scanning my grandmother's photo albums for a family blog and among the shots of scenic picnics in the alps was this little gem:
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You may not believe this but I can see the family resemblance. Also, how fortunate that the pictures survived the holocaust... also yes, it is deeply eerie.
ReplyDeleteI look like my great grandfather but sadly did not inherit his jaunty sense of fashion.
ReplyDeleteHere's the blog address if you want to look at a whole lotta black and white photos of my crazy family pre WW2. http://www.mygrandmotherhedi.blogspot.com/
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