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has-post-thumbnail sticky hentry category-genealogy category-german-theater category-hstry category-jewish-refugees category-my-research category-pics category-uncategorized category-ww2 tag-berthold-brecht tag-communist-party tag-east-german-workers-riots tag-east-germany tag-fritz-wisten tag-germany tag-hitler tag-holocaust tag-krystallnacht tag-nazis tag-photos tag-shanghai tag-wwii sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/01/27/looking-eva-baruch/" title="Permalink to Eva Baruch – Activist, Actress or Spy: Chapter 1" rel="bookmark">Eva Baruch – Activist, Actress or Spy: Chapter 1</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/01/27/looking-eva-baruch/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Eva_Schwarcz_1940-copy-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>Berlin to Shanghai When the full story of my cousin Eva Baruch’s life was finally revealed to me, it played like the old movie serials, where the heroine always got caught in a life-threatening situation at the end of the current chapter, only to escape at the beginning of the next one. That’s how Eva […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/01/27/looking-eva-baruch/" title="Eva Baruch – Activist, Actress or Spy: Chapter 1">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1560" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 9 comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/01/27/looking-eva-baruch/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2014%2F01%2F27%2Flooking-eva-baruch%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-412" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Cheryl Nicholl <span>-</span> </span>Your family’s history is so fascinating and you tell it so well. I can’t wait for chapter 2!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-413" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Linda Lechlitner <span>-</span> </span>Love your stories. Can’t wait to re read them in book form !</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-414" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://summat2thinkon.blogspot.co.uk/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Considerer</a> <span>-</span> </span>Wow! It’s like the start of a film <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley"/> </p> </div> </div><div id="comment-416" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>Thanks for that. Truth be told, we were ready to drop her story from my documentary because we didn’t have enough visual material to support her bio. Then we did a second round of research, and got so overwhelmed that we couldn’t get all material into the film. That’s why I’m putting it out there now in the form of a blog. Chapter 4 tell the story of that research itself.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-417" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>Thanks Linda, you’re one of my best fans. Your encouragement is always appreciated.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-418" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>Thanks for your kind words, Cheryl. I hope to publish Chapter 2 by this time next week, as long as I don’t run into any snags with some of the stills I want to use.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-421" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Jim Henrikson <span>-</span> </span>Pete,</p> <p>Your story continues to fascinate your readers. You could not construct a more compelling fictional story. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward impatiently to the next chapter. Reminds me of the old serials we used to watch as kids. Keep ‘em coming.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-424" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">tobie <span>-</span> </span>Hi Pete, great blog, reads like a mystery novel. Anxious to read the next of the series. Love and hugs. Tobie</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-425" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Tobie Lynn <span>-</span> </span>You are so good, keep me on the list! Tobie</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-426" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>Thanks Tobie, I really appreciate your support.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-432" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Tom Burnside <span>-</span> </span>Pete, as you say Eva’s saga is better than the best of le Carre spy-a-thons! Wow, flesh and your blood…</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-433" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>Thanks Tom! I uncovered so much material on her that we couldn’t fit in the film. So, I’m very happy to share it as a blog.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-670" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Smadar BG <span>-</span> </span>Fascinating story! Can’t wait for chapter 2!</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1560--> <article id="article-1982" class="post-1982 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-genealogy category-hstry category-pics category-uncategorized category-ww2 tag-berlin tag-discovery tag-family-secrets tag-germany tag-hannover tag-identity tag-jews tag-nazis tag-photos tag-pow tag-raf sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/06/13/german-jew-bombed-berlin/" title="Permalink to The German Jew Who Bombed Berlin" rel="bookmark">The German Jew Who Bombed Berlin</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/06/13/german-jew-bombed-berlin/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Dad-Post-War-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>Like Ilonka Alexander’s story, Marc Stevens’ bears some similarities to mine in that none of us knew about our Jewish heritage until later in life, plus both of our fathers came from Hannover. But you will find in Marc’s account some extraordinary differences. This is his very unique and dramatic story: Escape, Evasion and Revenge […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/06/13/german-jew-bombed-berlin/" title="The German Jew Who Bombed Berlin">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1982" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed no-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> no comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/06/13/german-jew-bombed-berlin/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2014%2F06%2F13%2Fgerman-jew-bombed-berlin%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-703" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Charles Shrewsbury <span>-</span> </span>Wow, fascinating story!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-705" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Joy Lo-Bamijoko <span>-</span> </span>Very fascinating. I wish the author will stop feeling ill at ease about his heritage, The Jews are the most courageous people I know in history. Do you know that the Igbos of Nigeria are known as the Jews of Africa?</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-714" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Ilona Shechter <span>-</span> </span>It is an amazing book and I am proud to be Peter’s and Flaurie’s friend. They gave me the boo and I devoured it in 2 nights. What a brilliant story about a brilliant man. Beautifully written. Thank you.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-713" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Earl Gandel <span>-</span> </span>An amazing and inspiring story, proving the resilience of the human spirit. I can only imagine the confusion of identity that Marc (and of course, his father) had to overcome – and did.</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1982--> <article id="article-1984" class="post-1984 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-genealogy category-german-theater category-hstry category-jewish-refugees category-my-research category-pics category-uncategorized category-ww2 tag-australia tag-germany tag-gestapo tag-jews tag-radio-shows tag-refugees sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/06/08/maritime-monday-escape-shanghai/" title="Permalink to Maritime Monday: Escape from Shanghai" rel="bookmark">Maritime Monday: Escape from Shanghai</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/06/08/maritime-monday-escape-shanghai/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Cape-Fairweather-1-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>Known as Paris of the Orient, Shanghai in 1941 was a turbulent mass of humanity: an ethnic and cultural mix of British, Germans, Russians, Italians, French, Americans, Japanese and Chinese; an international enclave that was an exotic blend of refugees and expatriates, teeming with espionage, political intrigue and murder. It was just days before the […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/06/08/maritime-monday-escape-shanghai/" title="Maritime Monday: Escape from Shanghai">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1984" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed no-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> no comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/06/08/maritime-monday-escape-shanghai/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2014%2F06%2F08%2Fmaritime-monday-escape-shanghai%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1984--> <article id="article-1904" class="post-1904 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-genealogy category-hstry category-pics category-uncategorized tag-budapest tag-family-secrets tag-hungary tag-identity tag-jews tag-psychoanalysis sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/05/27/ilonkas-story/" title="Permalink to The Pain of Family Secrets: Ilonka’s Story" rel="bookmark">The Pain of Family Secrets: Ilonka’s Story</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/05/27/ilonkas-story/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Ilonka5+1-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>Ilonka Alexander’s story is very special. She recently found me on one of the genealogical groups that ran my post, “The Day I Learned I was a Jew” . Although not a blogger, her story is unique and had to be told. I also realized that it’s about “the need to belong “; another reason why […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/05/27/ilonkas-story/" title="The Pain of Family Secrets: Ilonka’s Story">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1904" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 4 comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/05/27/ilonkas-story/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2014%2F05%2F27%2Filonkas-story%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-640" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Joy Lo-Bamijoko <span>-</span> </span>Very touching. It must be a hard life not to know who you are, or where you come from. I can never imagine it. I am happy that Ilonka finally found herself. The family is what grounds us.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-645" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Topál Judit <span>-</span> </span>Another most interesting story and not only because I live in Hungary. Thanks so much.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-652" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Patricia Keller Dekreon Gonzales <span>-</span> </span>I’m finding my Jewish roots in my ancestral search! I’m very excited and happy!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-654" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://www.apartfrommyart.com/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Sandra Sallin</a> <span>-</span> </span>What a fascinating story Pete. What a great mystery story. I really enjoyed it.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-655" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Pete Vanlaw</a> <span>-</span> </span>Thanks Sandy. She found me and wanted to talk, since we had similar late life discoveries. When she told me her story, I asked if she’d be willing to share it, which, after a brief hesitation, she did. I have yet another similar story in the pipeline; another person who found me, and has a very dramatic story to tell as well.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-657" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Sandra Phinney <span>-</span> </span>Although I’m not Jewish, these stories resonate at many levels for me. So human and touching. I also know Ilonka personally and cannot wait for her book to come out.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-656" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Ilonka Venier Alexander <span>-</span> </span>I so appreciate the positive comments and am happy the story is of interest to some. I appreciate all the help from Peter as well who suggested I had something important to tell.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-658" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Keith Mac Donald <span>-</span> </span>Very Poignant, the reader has the sense of the ‘heart beating in your throat’ as the story unfolds, dramatic and inspiring! Congratulations on the insights learned in your journey and the search for the sense of family and belonging………..</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-659" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Helena Brown <span>-</span> </span>A truly remarkable lady with an amazing “Life Story” that intrigues me to say the least. I am excited that she has chosen to write the Biography Of Her Grandfather. I can think of no better life accomplishment to add to those she has already achieved.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-660" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Bill Curry <span>-</span> </span>This is marvellous. Ilonka’s search for her roots is the quintessential story that shows the importance of genealogy and an urge in all of us to know “how we connect”, to glimpse something of our family’s past and to help put our lives in a greater context. I am not Jewish, but had a similar revelation with my family’s history. This gave me a huge sense of “belonging” as I explored and continue to explore the history of those who came before.<br/> I will look forward to reading Ilonks’a work when it is finished!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-661" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">John Irving <span>-</span> </span>Ilonka’s research story is fascinating. I’ve heard that your cousins are your first friends. When you don’t have any or they are geographically distant, a sense of belonging is missing. Maybe this is why I cherish my widely-dispersed cousins and friends with whom I have reestablished contact through facebook.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-702" class="pingback odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/06/13/german-jew-bombed-berlin/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">The German Jew Who Bombed Berlin » For The Life of Me</a> <span>-</span> </span>[…] Ilonka Alexander’s story, Marc Stevens’ bears some similarities to mine in that none of us knew about our Jewish […]</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1904--> <article id="article-1845" class="post-1845 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art category-childrens-books category-genealogy category-jewish-refugees category-ww2 tag-amsterdam tag-artists tag-dutch tag-germany tag-jewish-museum tag-jews tag-nazis tag-netherlands tag-wwi sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/04/20/margot-rehfisch-kiddie-artist/" title="Permalink to Margot Rehfisch & “Fiep” the Kiddie Book Artist" rel="bookmark">Margot Rehfisch & “Fiep” the Kiddie Book Artist</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/04/20/margot-rehfisch-kiddie-artist/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/FiiepW-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>Normally I wouldn’t try to write about a relative unless I knew a fair amount about his or her life story, but I was so fascinated by my discovery of Margot Rehfisch and what I learned about the latter part of her life that I had to share it with you, regardless. Googling Rehfisch My […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/04/20/margot-rehfisch-kiddie-artist/" title="Margot Rehfisch & “Fiep” the Kiddie Book Artist">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1845" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed no-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> no comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/04/20/margot-rehfisch-kiddie-artist/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2014%2F04%2F20%2Fmargot-rehfisch-kiddie-artist%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-527" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">For the Life of Me <span>-</span> </span>An unlikely partnership that I discovered recently involving my cousin Margot Rehfisch and a very famous Dutch artist.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-526" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Jenny Schwartzberg <span>-</span> </span>Fascinating. You might check with the Fiep Westendorp Foundation in the Netherlands to see if they might have information for you.</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1845--> <article id="article-1730" class="post-1730 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-genealogy category-german-theater category-hstry category-jewish-refugees category-my-research category-pics category-uncategorized category-ww2 tag-berthold-brecht tag-communist-party tag-deportation tag-east-german-workers-riots tag-fritz-wisten tag-hitler tag-holocaust tag-jews tag-krystallnacht tag-nazis tag-photos tag-shanghai tag-vienna sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/03/25/evas-story-chapter-4/" title="Permalink to Eva Baruch, Actress, Activist or Spy: Chap. 4 – Who, What, Where & How!" rel="bookmark">Eva Baruch, Actress, Activist or Spy: Chap. 4 – Who, What, Where & How!</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/03/25/evas-story-chapter-4/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Foto-3crp-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>I was trying to finish my film, “For the Life of Me, while facing a deadline only a few months away. And it was a “biggie”- our first screening for a live audience, at the International Conference of Jewish Genealogical Societies ”. But with only a short time remaining I had decided not to include Eva’s […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/03/25/evas-story-chapter-4/" title="Eva Baruch, Actress, Activist or Spy: Chap. 4 – Who, What, Where & How!">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1730" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 2 comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/03/25/evas-story-chapter-4/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2014%2F03%2F25%2Fevas-story-chapter-4%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-471" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Sandra Sallin <span>-</span> </span>Wow, that’s a beautifully presented and researched story Pete. An incredible amount of work and fascinating.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-479" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Sam A Lavi <span>-</span> </span>I remember how in your visits to our office, you were explaining the amount of time it takes you to research for this production and now its alot more clear to me. Great job Pete!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-476" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Roslyn Bernstein <span>-</span> </span>Can’t wait for the next installment.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-482" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Linda Lechlitner <span>-</span> </span>Can’t wait to see the movie!!!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-704" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Smadar BG <span>-</span> </span>I love that you’ve credited all the people who helped you in this endeavor!</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1730--> <article id="article-1663" class="post-1663 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-genealogy category-german-theater category-hstry category-jewish-refugees category-my-research category-pics category-ww2 tag-artists tag-australia tag-berlin tag-bertolt-brecht tag-east-german-workers-riots tag-east-germany tag-gdr tag-germany tag-hitler tag-holocaust tag-jews tag-krystallnacht tag-nazis tag-sed tag-shanghai tag-stalin tag-theater tag-wwii sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/03/01/eva-baruch-actress-activist-spy-part-3/" title="Permalink to Eva Baruch, Actress, Activist or Spy – Part 3" rel="bookmark">Eva Baruch, Actress, Activist or Spy – Part 3</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/03/01/eva-baruch-actress-activist-spy-part-3/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/berlin-uprising-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>Melbourne and Back to Berlin In Chapter 2, after producing two anti-Nazi radio plays, a now pregnant Eva has to escape from Shanghai with her cohorts, and spend the rest of the war in Australia. In 1946, a year after the Japanese surrendered and the war was over, Eva was able to reunite with her […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/03/01/eva-baruch-actress-activist-spy-part-3/" title="Eva Baruch, Actress, Activist or Spy – Part 3">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1663" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed no-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> no comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/03/01/eva-baruch-actress-activist-spy-part-3/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2014%2F03%2F01%2Feva-baruch-actress-activist-spy-part-3%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-439" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Linda Lechlitner <span>-</span> </span>You have written a wonderful history of your cousin and sharing it with others makes our world a better place. Thanks, Pete!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-441" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">For the Life of Me <span>-</span> </span>This Chap. 3, the final one in Eva’s saga.</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1663--> <article id="article-1568" class="post-1568 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-genealogy category-german-theater category-hstry category-jewish-refugees category-my-research category-pics category-ww2 tag-berthold-brecht tag-communist-party tag-east-german-workers-riots tag-east-germany tag-fritz-wisten tag-hitler tag-holocaust tag-krystallnacht tag-nazis tag-pete-seeger tag-photos tag-shanghai tag-wwii sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/02/10/looking-eva-baruch-part-2/" title="Permalink to Eva Baruch – Actress, Activist or Spy: Chapter 2" rel="bookmark">Eva Baruch – Actress, Activist or Spy: Chapter 2</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/02/10/looking-eva-baruch-part-2/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Eva_Schwarcz_1940-copy-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>Shanghai to Melbourne In Chapter 1 we discussed Eva’s work in the Shanghai Theater, her work with British Intelligence (MBI), and her anti Nazi radio shows. As an open city, Shanghai had among its many nationalities a large German contingent, many of whom were pro Nazi. This included a network of Gestapo agents. In October, […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/02/10/looking-eva-baruch-part-2/" title="Eva Baruch – Actress, Activist or Spy: Chapter 2">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1568" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 2 comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/02/10/looking-eva-baruch-part-2/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2014%2F02%2F10%2Flooking-eva-baruch-part-2%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-434" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Tom Burnside <span>-</span> </span>Please “Chapter 3″ ASAP or sooner Pete!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-694" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Smadar BG <span>-</span> </span>This is a fantastic series! What an amazing woman.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-701" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Pete Vanlaw</a> <span>-</span> </span>She was amazing, and to think I almost let her story slip by with out researching it.Glad you’re enjoying it.</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1568--> <article id="article-1449" class="post-1449 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-genealogy category-german-theater category-hstry category-my-research category-pics category-ww2 tag-bergen-belsen tag-concentration-camps tag-death-camps tag-dicker-brandeis tag-germany tag-hitler tag-holocaust tag-kurt-gerron tag-nazis tag-propaganda tag-rabbi-leo-baeck tag-red-cross tag-terezin tag-theresienstadt sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/01/06/theresienstadt/" title="Permalink to Theresienstadt – Paradise or Death Camp?" rel="bookmark">Theresienstadt – Paradise or Death Camp?</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/01/06/theresienstadt/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Annex-Dietrich-Marlene-Blue-Angel-The_03-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>Our Visit to the Ghetto Back in 2004, while in Prague for a few days, my wife, my son and I took a side trip to tour the notorious Nazi concentration camp at Theresienstadt. It was a sobering experience for us, but especially for me because it had a personal connection with my family. Among […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/01/06/theresienstadt/" title="Theresienstadt – Paradise or Death Camp?">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1449" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 5 comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2014/01/06/theresienstadt/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2014%2F01%2F06%2Ftheresienstadt%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-380" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Ruth Raymon <span>-</span> </span>The camp might have cleaned up their act, but never the memories~</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-383" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Przedzienkowski Jakub <span>-</span> </span>The term ‘Polish death camps ‘ is offensive and incorrect. The German Nazis established the ‘death camps’ on occupied Polish soil. The camps were not Polish as implied by the comment. Please correct the error.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-384" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">whiteandred <span>-</span> </span>Good story with a decent introduction but then ruined by the sentence in the first paragraph under heading “The Final Solution”.<br/> Possibly an inadvertent error so could you PLEASE change the sentence to read as follows:<br/> “Those who were resettled in Theresienstadt, would ultimately be transferred east to the NAZI-GERMAN death camps at Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, and Majdanek in OCCUPIED POLAND.”</p> <p>It is offensive and inaccurate to refer to these camps as Polish. If you visited the camps you should know why!<br/> Were the Alderney concentration camps, built and operated by Nazi-Germany, therefore “concentration camps in Britain” or perhaps “British Death Camps” because they were on British soil?</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-386" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pawel Bachorski <span>-</span> </span>Hello. Interesting article. However, the term “Polish death camps” is offensive and incorrect. The camps were established by the German Nazis on occupied Polish soil. Those camps were not Polish as implied. Please correct the error. Thank you.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-385" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Yvonne Kowalczewski <span>-</span> </span>Theriesenstadt is called a “Nazi concentration camp” ,not a “Czech camp,” but the camps created and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland are “Polish”. This is highly offensive and a gross distortion of history. Contrary to this blog there were no “Polish” camps or “Polish gas chambers”!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-387" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Iwona <span>-</span> </span>There were no “Polish” camps or gas chambers! Please refrain from distorting history and shifting blame from Nazi Germany onto a country which fought them from the first day of the war to the last!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-388" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>First, I want to thank all of you who reacted with your concern about my oversight. And second, my apologies to all of you who I offended. Obviously, my only intention was to place those particular death camps geographically in Poland – never to imply that they were operated by any group other than the Nazis. I assure you that I will take the necessary steps to correct my description</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-396" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>It’s been corrected.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-399" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Peter Braun <span>-</span> </span>this is a great article. Saw Auswitz last year Terezien was just as bed.</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1449--> <article id="article-1424" class="post-1424 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-genealogy category-hstry category-jewish-refugees category-my-research category-pics category-uncategorized category-ww2 tag-blumenthal tag-european-customs tag-family-secrets tag-father tag-germany tag-hannover tag-identity tag-jews tag-nazis tag-oppenheimer tag-suicide tag-wwii sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/12/15/genealogy-solved-mystery-grandpa-adolph/" title="Permalink to How Genealogy Solved the Mystery of My Grandpa Adolph" rel="bookmark">How Genealogy Solved the Mystery of My Grandpa Adolph</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/12/15/genealogy-solved-mystery-grandpa-adolph/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Adolph-n-Edith-xmit-copy-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p> Adolph a Bad Word As a kid growing up during WWII, the only Adolph I knew of was Adolph Hitler. So, you can imagine both my surprise and embarrassment when I learned that we had an Adolph in our own family. The middle initial, “A” in my father’s name – Curtis A. Vanlaw – stood […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/12/15/genealogy-solved-mystery-grandpa-adolph/" title="How Genealogy Solved the Mystery of My Grandpa Adolph">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1424" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 1 comment </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/12/15/genealogy-solved-mystery-grandpa-adolph/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2013%2F12%2F15%2Fgenealogy-solved-mystery-grandpa-adolph%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-373" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">For the Life of Me <span>-</span> </span>Just uploaded by latest blog, “How Genealogy solved the Mystery of my Grandpa Adolph.”</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-343" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Macaroo <span>-</span> </span>The fruit from the family tree seems to drop in the most mysterious ways~</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1424--> <article id="article-1342" class="post-1342 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-german-theater category-hstry category-jewish-refugees category-my-research category-pics category-uncategorized category-ww2 tag-casablanca tag-the-thief-of-baghdad tag-german-movies tag-germany tag-hitler tag-jews tag-nazis tag-ufa tag-wwii sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/11/12/conrad-veidt-natzlers/" title="Permalink to Conrad Veidt and the Natzlers" rel="bookmark">Conrad Veidt and the Natzlers</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/11/12/conrad-veidt-natzlers/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Veidt-casa-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>My Twitter profile says I’m a “Conrad Veidt fanboy”. Yes! That’s true. I’ve been a fan going all the way back to my childhood, when he was a household name with my parents. It’s stuck with me ever since. The more I learned about him, the more fascinated I became with his movies. Yet what’s […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/11/12/conrad-veidt-natzlers/" title="Conrad Veidt and the Natzlers">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1342" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 3 comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/11/12/conrad-veidt-natzlers/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2013%2F11%2F12%2Fconrad-veidt-natzlers%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-187" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">For the Life of Me <span>-</span> </span>Check out my latest blog about the famous German actor, Conrad Veidt.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-188" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>Check out my latest blog about the famous actor, Conrad Veidt.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-189" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Jim Henrikson <span>-</span> </span>Another fascinating chapter in the life within your life. Thanks so much for sharing these. I have always listed “Casablanca” as my favorite movie and feel an even deeper connection with the knowledge of the “real” Colonel Strasser.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-190" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Elizabeth Hellmann <span>-</span> </span>Excellent article with great insight! Thank you for sharing it.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-191" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Julie Chenell DeNeen <span>-</span> </span>Wow Pete. This is quite the story. You are just a wealth of knowledge and intrigue. Of course, I don’t know most of these people because I never saw Casablanca or a lot of those old movies, but it piques my curiosity for sure! By the way, nice blockquotes. <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley"/> </p> </div> </div><div id="comment-194" class="pingback odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://conradveidt.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/nice-tribute-to-connie/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Nice tribute to Connie | Conrad Veidt</a> <span>-</span> </span>[…] <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/11/12/conrad-veidt-natzlers/" rel="nofollow">http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/11/12/conrad-veidt-natzlers/</a> […]</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-195" class="pingback even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://conradveidtforever.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/nice-tribute-to-connie/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Nice tribute to Connie | Fight for Conrad Veidt!</a> <span>-</span> </span>[…] <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/11/12/conrad-veidt-natzlers/" rel="nofollow">http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/11/12/conrad-veidt-natzlers/</a> […]</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-196" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Monica Ilie-Prica <span>-</span> </span>Thank you for this wonderful tribute to Connie!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-224" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Charles Shrewsbury <span>-</span> </span>I remember Conrad Veidt very well from “Casablanca”, but didn’t realize he was in “Thief of Bagdad” (one of my Dad’s favorite movies). Interesting story and great photos.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-227" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Tobie Lynn <span>-</span> </span>Dear Pete,<br/> Really enjoyed this blog. You are such a good writer, when will you begin to write a book entitled “For the Life of Me”. See you soon.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-246" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">KJT <span>-</span> </span>Thanks for the article. It’s a chilling read. It’s hard to say anything about Connie that doesn’t sound like hyperbole or dumbfounded awe, but he really was an amazing human being.</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1342--> <article id="article-1280" class="post-1280 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-genealogy category-hstry category-jewish-refugees category-my-research category-pics category-ww2 tag-artists tag-ceramics tag-germany tag-jews tag-theresienstadt tag-vienna sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/10/23/searching-natzlers/" title="Permalink to Searching for the Natzlers" rel="bookmark">Searching for the Natzlers</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/10/23/searching-natzlers/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Natzler-Gertrud-1-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>Do any of you happen to remember the fabulous pottery designs by the husband-and-wife team of Otto & Gertrude NATZLER? They were the artistic couple who achieved their fame in the 1940s to ’50s. And now their creations are selling for thousands of dollars. One of their vases actually sold for nearly $94,000 at an […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/10/23/searching-natzlers/" title="Searching for the Natzlers">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1280" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 6 comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/10/23/searching-natzlers/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2013%2F10%2F23%2Fsearching-natzlers%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-120" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">For the Life of Me <span>-</span> </span>This story has been languishing in my files for far too long and needs to be told.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-121" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Sam A Lavi <span>-</span> </span>Thanks for the blog/email. Very interesting!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-123" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://ewlane.com/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Ellen Lane</a> <span>-</span> </span>I had the pleasure of knowing Otto in the late ninties. I met him walking his two beautiful German shepherds in a park in LA.<br/> We often walked together with our dogs. I was not aware of his importance in the art world at the time. Although I am a painter I was not very familiar with pottery. I remember he did tell me that Beatrice Wood And her glazes were not that unique or in his mind that special. When I moved to a new house we had built in the mountains above Topanga he came to our housewarming and brought me a catalog of his and Gertrude’s work with his signature. He was a cool guy.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-125" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://www.apleasanthouse.com/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">A Pleasant House</a> <span>-</span> </span>What an interesting story. I also am deeply intrigued by genealogy, but have never been able to do a live interview. I’m sure Marlies enjoyed the company and the conversation.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-130" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Linda Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>Well done!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-134" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Earl Gandel <span>-</span> </span>The usual thoroughly fascinating details. You should have been a cop. (Oh, that’s right, you were.)</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-136" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Charles Shrewsbury <span>-</span> </span>Interesting story. I like that you were able to find photos of the people, too.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-137" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>Thanks Bud, but after more than a decade of researching my family, stuff just piles up. Of course, trying to find specific stuff is another issue.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-138" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>Thanks Charles, Marlies gave me pictures of her and her parents, but I had to go to the internet for Otto and Trude pics. Once again, hail to the Google search.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-139" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>I’m very thankful that Marlies was so forthcoming, and so comfortable in front of the camera. While we also spoke on the phone a number of times, and over a couple of lunches, I was fortunate in being able to get her to repeat most of her recollections for the record, and posterity. There’ll be more of her recollections in future blogs.</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1280--> <article id="article-1255" class="post-1255 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hstry category-my-research category-pics category-fcbk category-uncategorized category-ww2 tag-hitler tag-jews tag-suicide sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/10/04/channeling-gertrude/" title="Permalink to Channeling My Grandmother" rel="bookmark">Channeling My Grandmother</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/10/04/channeling-gertrude/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Gert-cu2-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>I doubt that any of you have ever channeled a dead person, or even had the opportunity….or ever gave it a thought. Well, read on because I did it. And now I invite you to learn all about my weird experience. But first, I have to say that the line between comedy and tragedy can […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/10/04/channeling-gertrude/" title="Channeling My Grandmother">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1255" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 4 comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/10/04/channeling-gertrude/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2013%2F10%2F04%2Fchanneling-gertrude%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-74" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">For the Life of Me <span>-</span> </span>Just posted a new blog. I hope you get a few laughs out of this one. It’s called “Channeling my Grandmother”.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-75" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">For the Life of Me <span>-</span> </span>For the Life of Me<br/> Just posted a new blog. I hope you get a few laughs out of this one. It’s called “Channeling my Grandmother”.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-76" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Robert Scherago <span>-</span> </span>Your continuing story is fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing this.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-77" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://www.kingsparkband.org/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Bob Scherago</a> <span>-</span> </span>Fascinating story. Thanks for sharing it.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-81" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Karen Abbott <span>-</span> </span>I am really enjoying reading about your journey and your histories. Inspiring, really!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-80" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Ruth Levy Raymond <span>-</span> </span>Stacie’s a doll and so’s Tobie…need help re: German accent? I suggest watching Inglorious Bastards.”</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-82" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://don'thaveone/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Larry Liebenbaum</a> <span>-</span> </span>Pete – yours is a continuing saga that is really worthwhile. I think one sad aspect is that it had to wait for your parents demise in order to develop. I have some anecdotes about my father but I wouldn’t dream of intruding in your absolutely fascinating life’s story. It means a great deal to me and further solidifies our friendship. Bon Voyage!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-105" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Sandra Sallin <span>-</span> </span>It’s really an intriguing idea.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-394" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://www.manalthegogogirl.com/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Manal The Go Go Girl</a> <span>-</span> </span>Your story is so fascinating. I read couple of your posts and I look forward to reading more. Did you ever figure out why your parents kept the secret of being Jewish from you? I will definitely follow:)</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-395" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>It was my father’s choice. My mother went along with it out of loyalty to my father. But as time went on, it was increasingly more difficult for her. As a fallen away Jew to begin with, and anti-semitism quite prevalent here, here wanted to make it easier to get work and protect himself, as well as to protect me from growing up with it.</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1255--> <article id="article-1187" class="post-1187 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-genealogy category-german-theater category-hstry category-jewish-refugees category-my-research category-pics category-uncategorized category-ww2 tag-father tag-germany tag-identity tag-nazis tag-theater tag-theresienstadt tag-wwii sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/09/11/walter-wicclair-actor/" title="Permalink to Walter Wicclair & Why My Father Hid His Identity" rel="bookmark">Walter Wicclair & Why My Father Hid His Identity</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/09/11/walter-wicclair-actor/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Walters-book3-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p> No! Not a Pastry When I was around 8 years old, my father began to talk about a friend of his, a fellow German immigrant who had – what was to me – a silly sounding name. It was Walter Wicclair*. Dad and I used to laugh about it because it always made us think […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/09/11/walter-wicclair-actor/" title="Walter Wicclair & Why My Father Hid His Identity">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1187" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed no-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> no comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/09/11/walter-wicclair-actor/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2013%2F09%2F11%2Fwalter-wicclair-actor%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-41" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Ruth Levy Raymond <span>-</span> </span>Another beautifully crafted blog….turn up your hearing aid if you don’t hear the sound of hands clapping…..!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-46" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Tobie Lynn <span>-</span> </span>Thank you for another piece of your puzzle. Your on going saga is fascinating and reads like a novel. I look forward to the next chapter. Pete, you have done an incredible job and I feel very fortunate to have watch this saga unfold! Tobie</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-50" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Jen Weinlaub <span>-</span> </span>Thank you so much for all of the work you have put into our story.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-51" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Bob Barr <span>-</span> </span>Wow this is so interesting. I grew up across the street from Ralph. His son Dean was my best friend growing up in Margate. Dean told me some of this story the last time I saw him.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-52" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Jim Henrikson <span>-</span> </span>My gosh, your story just keeps unfolding like an Agatha Christie mystery novel. Thanks for sharing it with us. Eagerly awaiting the next chapter.</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1187--> <article id="article-1147" class="post-1147 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-genealogy category-hstry category-jewish-refugees category-my-research category-pics category-uncategorized category-ww2 tag-bergen-belsen tag-concentration-camps tag-deportation tag-holland tag-holocaust tag-scams tag-shoa-foundation tag-sperre tag-westerbork sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/08/26/who-was-erich-putkammer-and-what-was-the-putkammer-list/" title="Permalink to Who was Erich Puttkammer & What was His Scam?" rel="bookmark">Who was Erich Puttkammer & What was His Scam?</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/08/26/who-was-erich-putkammer-and-what-was-the-putkammer-list/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/JoodseRad-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p> A Shoa Foundation Letter and a Dutch Scam It was an uneventful day back in 2002, until I went out to our mail box. That’s when I noticed a strange envelope postmarked “the Netherlands”, stuck in between the usual collection of bills, magazines and direct mail advertising. Inside was a letter written in Dutch. I […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/08/26/who-was-erich-putkammer-and-what-was-the-putkammer-list/" title="Who was Erich Puttkammer & What was His Scam?">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1147" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 1 comment </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/08/26/who-was-erich-putkammer-and-what-was-the-putkammer-list/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2013%2F08%2F26%2Fwho-was-erich-putkammer-and-what-was-the-putkammer-list%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-31" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">For the Life of Me <span>-</span> </span>This is how I discovered the infamous Puttkammer List and what I learned about it.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-32" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Lawrence Liebenbaum <span>-</span> </span>Pete – One of these days I’ll tell you about my cousin Joachim who, with my Aunt Barbara, moved to Amsterdam in the early 30′s and, because he is (was) a reddish blond with freckles, lived right out in the open and went to school all during the war. Johnny is now 83, a retired chemist and very talented Oboist. He’s got a boatload of stories, he’s visited here a bunch of times and we spent a week with him last November. LFL</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-33" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Sam A Lavi <span>-</span> </span>Somehow I feel some scam like this was forming back home in Iran after the ’79 revolution so the Jews there would not be harmed. Although it was never materialized all the way, thank G-d, but it was a reminder of what could have happen to Jews in Iran as what happened in Germany.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-40" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">For the Life of Me <span>-</span> </span>I’m reposting this for purely mechanical reasons, so FB will see it as a link. (Dun’t esk!)</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-104" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://www.apartfrommyart.com/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Sandra Sallin</a> <span>-</span> </span>Wait a second you have proof. Fight it. Appeal.</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1147--> <article id="article-1116" class="post-1116 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-genealogy category-hstry category-jewish-refugees category-my-research category-pics category-fcbk category-ww2 tag-facebook tag-jewishgen tag-stettin sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/08/14/finding-my-family-on-facebook/" title="Permalink to Finding My Family on Facebook" rel="bookmark">Finding My Family on Facebook</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/08/14/finding-my-family-on-facebook/" title="Finding My Family on Facebook">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-1116" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 1 comment </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/08/14/finding-my-family-on-facebook/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2013%2F08%2F14%2Ffinding-my-family-on-facebook%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-29" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Sandra Sallin <span>-</span> </span>Wow! Didn’t knw that story Pete. I’m going to search for some of my family. Way to go!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-30" class="pingback even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/06/25/the-kurt-willis-feud-part-1/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Kurt & Willi’s Feud, Part 1 » For The Life of Me</a> <span>-</span> </span>[…] was in the backyard. But, Kurt was forced to endure his long apprenticeship 275 miles away in the city of Stettin, then on the eastern border of Germany, working for Adolph’s cousin Max, in a similar […]</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-34" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Brian Lehman <span>-</span> </span>I’ve read it, I’ve been finding living relatives on FB for years. People who are normally private, post much personal info on FB! Go figure.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-35" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Ruth Levy Raymond <span>-</span> </span>Love all your Blogs. Love love the picture of you and Max……carry on you have my permission…hugs!</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-1116--> <article id="article-929" class="post-929 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hstry category-my-research category-pics category-uncategorized category-ww2 tag-bergen-belsen tag-concentration-camps tag-krystallnacht tag-phantom-death-train tag-terezin tag-theresienstadt sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/07/17/the-lost-transport/" title="Permalink to What was “The Lost Transport”?" rel="bookmark">What was “The Lost Transport”?</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/07/17/the-lost-transport/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Lost-Transport-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>I first heard of the Lost Transport when I was researching my Uncle Paul Rehfisch. He was Mom’s older brother, who fled to Amsterdam with his wife, in 1938 after Kristallnacht, to escape the Nazis. His wife was Kaethe Franken. They lived together at Jan van Eijckstraat 11 until their arrest and deportation by the […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/07/17/the-lost-transport/" title="What was “The Lost Transport”?">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-929" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 1 comment </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/07/17/the-lost-transport/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2013%2F07%2F17%2Fthe-lost-transport%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-22" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">For the Life of Me <span>-</span> </span>The wait is over. Here it is, “The Lost Transport”.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-23" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Sandra Sallin <span>-</span> </span>Thanks Pete.What is there to say about these horrors except, “never again.”</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-24" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Connie Bonak <span>-</span> </span>My heart still aches for the loss of so many. My family in Lithuania chose not to talk about the horrors – to speak out, even now, is a taboo, so best I omit any comments or feelings I have – only that I send to you belated condolences. Much love and many hugs……<3.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-25" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Sam A Lavi <span>-</span> </span>Hair raising and so sad for all those who suffered. Thank you</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-36" class="pingback even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/08/26/who-was-erich-putkammer-and-what-was-the-putkammer-list/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Who was Erich Puttkammer & What was His Infamous List? » For The Life of Me</a> <span>-</span> </span>[…] when the letter arrived, I’d already been researching the tragic saga of my Uncle Paul (see “The Lost Transport”). But for me to better understand what this was all about, first I needed to find out what was this […]</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-929--> <article id="article-821" class="post-821 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-hstry category-my-research category-pics category-uncategorized category-ww2 tag-european-customs tag-germany tag-hannover tag-stettin tag-suicide tag-wwii sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/07/02/kurt-willis-feud-part-2/" title="Permalink to Jealousy, Feuds & Family Secrets – Part 2" rel="bookmark">Jealousy, Feuds & Family Secrets – Part 2</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/07/02/kurt-willis-feud-part-2/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Oppenheimer_pan-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>When my father’s New York employer went bankrupt, he accepted his mother’s offer to rejoin the family’s business back in Germany. So, Kurt and Lily returned despite my mother’s vehement protests. They arrived in Hannover on June 1, 1932, and moved in with Kurt’s parents. But that was not a good choice and proved to […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/07/02/kurt-willis-feud-part-2/" title="Jealousy, Feuds & Family Secrets – Part 2">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-821" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed no-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> no comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/07/02/kurt-willis-feud-part-2/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2013%2F07%2F02%2Fkurt-willis-feud-part-2%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-21" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>Part 2 of “Kurt & Willi’s Feud” is up and ready for you to read. Hopefully you’ve read Part 1.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-20" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">For the Life of Me <span>-</span> </span>Part 2 of “Kurt & Willi’s Feud” is up and ready for you to read. Hopefully, you’ve read Part 1.</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-821--> <article id="article-817" class="post-817 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-hstry category-my-research category-pics category-uncategorized category-ww2 tag-european-customs tag-germany tag-hannover tag-stettin tag-suicide tag-wwii sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/06/25/the-kurt-willis-feud-part-1/" title="Permalink to Jealousy, Feuds & Family Secrets – Part 1" rel="bookmark">Jealousy, Feuds & Family Secrets – Part 1</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/06/25/the-kurt-willis-feud-part-1/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/MD+Helen-6_881-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p>When I was seven or eight, Mom told me in very hushed tones that Dad had a brother, Willi, who lived in England. But because he didn’t like his brother, he never spoke of him, nor wanted anything to do with him. With a child’s logic, I assumed that Willi was a very bad person. […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/06/25/the-kurt-willis-feud-part-1/" title="Jealousy, Feuds & Family Secrets – Part 1">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-817" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 1 comment </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/06/25/the-kurt-willis-feud-part-1/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2013%2F06%2F25%2Fthe-kurt-willis-feud-part-1%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-28" class="pingback even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/08/14/finding-my-family-on-facebook/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">Finding My Family on Facebook » For The Life of Me</a> <span>-</span> </span>[…] Hans Weinlaub from Stettin, who fled to South America circa 1938. That was mentioned in “The Brother’s Feud, Part 1” but will be covered in more detail in a future […]</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-817--> <article id="article-782" class="post-782 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-genealogy category-hstry category-jewish-refugees category-my-research category-pics category-uncategorized category-ww2 tag-anti-semetism tag-european-customs tag-family-secrets tag-father tag-gentile tag-identity tag-jews tag-nervous-breakdown tag-psychic-break sc"> <div class="article-wrap sc content-bg"> <div class="article-wrap-inner"> <div class="article-header off" data-role="header"><div class="article-title-wrap"><h2 class="article-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/06/23/the-day-i-learned-i-was-a-jew/" title="Permalink to The Day I Learned I was a Jew" rel="bookmark">The Day I Learned I was a Jew</a></h2></div></div> <div class="article-content sc" data-role="content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/06/23/the-day-i-learned-i-was-a-jew/" class="img-to-permalink" title="View full post »"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315im_/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/MM-c43-2-B-150x150.jpg" class="pp-excerpt-img pp-excerpt-img-thumbnail ov-done" width="150" height="150" alt=""/></a><p> Shock & Awe So, how would you feel if you learned at the ripe old age of 54 that you were a Jew? Probably come as a shock, right? It did for me, but not in quite the way you’d expect. It happened 27 years ago. But before I get into it, you need to […]</p> <p class="read-more-wrap"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/06/23/the-day-i-learned-i-was-a-jew/" title="The Day I Learned I was a Jew">View full post »</a></p> </div><!-- .article-content --> <!-- comments_template() called --> <div id="article-comments-782" class="article-comments entry-comments layout-tabbed has-comments accepting-comments no-avatars comments-hidden"> <div class="comments-header sc"> <div class="comments-header-left-side-wrap sc"> <div class="comments-count"> <div> <a> 4 comments </a> </div> </div><!-- .comments-count --> </div><!-- .comments-header-left-side-wrap --> <div class="post-interact"> <div class="addacomment post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/2013/06/23/the-day-i-learned-i-was-a-jew/#addcomment"> add a comment </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="emailafriend post-interact-div"> <div class="button-outer"> <div class="button-inner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/mailto:/?subject=I%20saw%20this%20post%20and%20thought%20of%20you&body=Check%20out%20this%20post%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fforthelifeofme-film.com%2F2013%2F06%2F23%2Fthe-day-i-learned-i-was-a-jew%2F"> email a friend </a> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- .post-interact --> </div><!-- .comments-header --> <div class="comments-body" data-reversed="false"> <div class="comments-body-inner-wrap"> <div class="comments-body-inner"> <div id="comment-2" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Helen Shapiro <span>-</span> </span>and that was me! And we now have a whole new branch welcomed into our family. Just sad that my mother, who was Pete’s first cousin had died just a couple of years before. She too would have loved to know that she had a cousin. Nonetheless Pete was then able to be present at our sons BarMitzvahs here in London some years later.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-9" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pauline Grant <span>-</span> </span>Wow! Incredible story!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-10" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>Helen, thanks for that. BTW, you’re in another blog coming up soon.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-4" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>Hi Helen,<br/> Have you looked at the website and the many pictures of your family?</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-11" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Sandra Sallin <span>-</span> </span>Why would your father not tell you the story of your Jewishness?</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-12" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>You’re asking the $64 question. That was one of three questions hanging over my head that 1st led to me research my family, and then to create to the film?<br/> 1. Why was my father so adamant about not telling me that we were Jewish?<br/> 2. Why did my mother never see her parents again after she got them out of Germany and to New York.<br/> 3. Why did my grandmother, Gertrude commit suicide?<br/> There a lot of ponderables, possibles and probables, but nothing concrete. Meanwhile, I’ve done a lot of naval gazing in search of answers which have lead me full circle – that each circumstance has a number of possible answers. But one answer fits all three: FEAR!</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-127" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://www.apleasanthouse.comm/" class="url" rel="external nofollow">A Pleasant House</a> <span>-</span> </span>I’ve just found your blog (thru I don’t know where) and have read every post. WOW! What a story and you tell it so beautifully. I’m hooked. Just to make sure I haven’t missed anything- you’ve only been posting since April of this year? (2103) I don;t want to miss anything so I’m going to follow.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-129" class="comment byuser comment-author-pete bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1 sc pp-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Pete Vanlaw <span>-</span> </span>Thank you. You comments are very important to me. Glad you’ve signed up to follow. A preview of the next post appears briefly in the footnote about the Natzlers and has do with Adolph and Hedwig’s dear friend who was murdered my the Gestapo, and more.</p> </div> </div><div id="comment-496" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 sc pp-comment added-via-fb last-comment"> <div class="comment-text"> <p><span class="comment-author">Marc Stevens <span>-</span> </span>Fabulous! My story is very similar: My father emigrated to Canada from England in 1952, met my mother, settled down and had a family. He told everyone (including my mother and our entire family) that he was English and Anglican. Eventually, he admitted to having been born in Germany, but we were all sworn to secrecy on that point. After he died in 1979, I starting digging into his past, and an amazing story emerged. He was a German Jew, whose widowed mother ahd sent he and his two siblings to safety in London in the 1930′s. He got into minor trouble with the law, then committed identity theft and enlisted in the Royal Air Force at the outbreak of the war. He trained as a bomber pilot, all the while the object of a British Police manhunt as a possible German spy. Dad then flew 22 combat missions against his homeland (including bombing his hometown of Hannover), before being shot down and taken prisoner by the Nazis. As a POW for the next 3 years and 8 months, he had no protection under the Geneva Convention (he was still legally a German citizen), and was subject to summary execution if the Germans ever learned his true identity. He went on to become one of the most ardent POW escapers of the war, and was one of only 69 members of the RAF to be awarded Britain’s Military Cross in WW2. After the war, he served 5 years in MI6, spying against the Russians in East Germany. He is mentioned in at least 10 books about WW2 escapers. After twenty years of research and writing, his biography, ‘Escape, Evasion and Revenge’ was published in 2009. And now I have met several Jewish cousins in both the UK and the USA.</p> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner --> </div> <!-- .comments-body-inner-wrap --> </div><!-- .comments-body --> </div><!-- .article-comments --> <div class="add-comment-form-receptacle"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap-inner --> <div class="article-footer"></div> </div><!-- .article-wrap --> </article><!-- #article-782--> <ul class="paginated-links sc content-bg"><li><span class="page-numbers current">1</span></li> <li><a class="page-numbers" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/latest-news/page/2/">2</a></li> <li><a class="next page-numbers" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614205315/http://forthelifeofme-film.com/latest-news/page/2/">Next »</a></li></ul> </td> <td id="sidebar" class="sidebar"> <ul> <li id="image-2" class="widget widget_image"><h3 class="widgettitle">Welcome!</h3> <div class="jetpack-image-container"><img 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