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Posted by ClearSkies on January 8, 2006, at 21:35:27
We are a different breed with different family backgrounds. Our parents came from countries with names that are not recognizable any more, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia.
This is memoir written by a third party, but by a women so close in identification of the woman in the title that she writes in the i-narrative firm.The book, "The Rings of my Tree: - A Latvian Woman's Journey", I shall pass on to my sister to read. I shall purchase a copy for our Latvian Mother and ask if this book come close to describing her family's experiences during WW2. It would certainlyexplain to much to us daughters.
Posted by Declan on January 9, 2006, at 0:45:03
In reply to Book for descendents of WW2 refugees, posted by ClearSkies on January 8, 2006, at 21:35:27
O yeah, the names are recognisable enough. I wanna go to Riga and Tallin, get some duty free drink and sail across to Stockholm. The story of Eastern Europe and the USSR in the C20 is a permanent fascination, to me at least.
Declan
Posted by ClearSkies on January 9, 2006, at 5:50:32
In reply to Re: Book for descendents of WW2 refugees, posted by Declan on January 9, 2006, at 0:45:03
WW2 eastern European history didn't really travel across the pond, I'm afraid. Most 2nd generation Americans I've met have no idea where these countries are.
I've been to Stockholm, and St Petersburg (a long time ago). Pretty interesting places.
Posted by Declan on January 10, 2006, at 0:49:46
In reply to Re: Book for descendents of WW2 refugees » Declan, posted by ClearSkies on January 9, 2006, at 5:50:32
Hey, did you like Stockholm? I'd so much like to go there, I've heard it's really something.
Declan
Posted by ClearSkies on January 10, 2006, at 7:19:30
In reply to Re: Book for descendents of WW2 refugees » ClearSkies, posted by Declan on January 10, 2006, at 0:49:46
> Hey, did you like Stockholm? I'd so much like to go there, I've heard it's really something.
> DeclanClean, expensive, well preserved - all those buildings from the Hanseatic League - it was an enormous empire!, I had no idea. And across the Baltic Sea the massive decay and past glory of St Petersburg... well, it was a complete contrast. More civic pride but less to show for it.
I don't really have a rosey-tinted memory of the visit, it was just an extraordinary holiday. Cost tons of money.
CS
Posted by Declan on January 12, 2006, at 21:38:08
In reply to Book for descendents of WW2 refugees, posted by ClearSkies on January 8, 2006, at 21:35:27
These are more books about the USSR that I'm going to read one day.
"Children of the Arbat", no idea who by.
"Into the Whirlwind" by Evgenia Ginzburg
"Kolyma Tales" by Shalimov
Need a good library
Declan
Posted by laima on July 29, 2006, at 1:58:27
In reply to Book for descendents of WW2 refugees, posted by ClearSkies on January 8, 2006, at 21:35:27
WOW. Thank you.
I am child of Lithuanian displaced persons, refugees, and I attest that over 50 years later, the war is still an issue. It manifests in my parents, with their STILL processing their trauma, and that really affected me as I was growing up. My dad, now in his late 70's, still cries about memories of seeing neighbors being shot, sent away, the camps, disease, starvation, all of it. What a choice for the Baltic people back then: the Stalinists and Siberia- or the Nazis. Nobody was welcoming. And then wiped off the map of Europe, and the world, for decades. Growing up in America, I'd hear, "so, your weird parents- are they Lutherans? Laplanders....why can't they speak English normal? You same as Russian, obviously? There's no such country as Lithuania!" My personal hunch includes, no wonder the Baltics are now so eager to be part of EU-.
> We are a different breed with different family backgrounds. Our parents came from countries with names that are not recognizable any more, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia.
> This is memoir written by a third party, but by a women so close in identification of the woman in the title that she writes in the i-narrative firm.
>
> The book, "The Rings of my Tree: - A Latvian Woman's Journey", I shall pass on to my sister to read. I shall purchase a copy for our Latvian Mother and ask if this book come close to describing her family's experiences during WW2. It would certainlyexplain to much to us daughters.
>
Posted by ClearSkies on July 29, 2006, at 19:59:18
In reply to Re: Book for descendents of WW2 refugees » ClearSkies, posted by laima on July 29, 2006, at 1:58:27
Nice to "meet" you.
Sveiks!ClearSkies
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