Tales My Father Told Me
A collaborative writing project to tell the life story of Jochen, a German Immigrant born in the Free City-State of Danzig in 1937.
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Author: Sunangelv
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The story of escaping the Russians on the last train from Danzig, January 31st, 1945.
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Preparing to Escape the Russians in Danzig, 1944.
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“In my early days I had no idea of what was lying ahead. Everything became some kind of an adventure or problem to overcome.” I have never met my Grandfather. He died long before I was born. Yet, he’s someone that I’ve been hearing about all my life. A complicated puzzle piece in the history…
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I don’t know what age I was when I began to truly understand the importance of the stories I was hearing. The loud booming German voice that could captivate an audience wherever we were. Oh, he had many stories to tell, and whenever he talked everyone listened closely, intrigued and amazed by the things they…
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