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Nazis came to her door, shot men in her yard, and took her father. The 8-year-old lost it all in #WWII and only a leap from a train saved her from a death camp. What kept her going? Indomitable will. A tribute to that survivor~My Mother nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/0… @NatGeo #MothersDay
Under Nazi & Soviet occupation, my Polish mom was one of millions of children who suffered unimaginable horrors-and forged grit to survive.
A tribute to Last Voices of a generation @anneapplebaum @sikorskiradek @121Dulag @USEmbassyWarsaw @PolishEmbassyUS @1944pl @MNKrk @PolandMFA
A tribute to Last Voices of a generation @anneapplebaum @sikorskiradek @121Dulag @USEmbassyWarsaw @PolishEmbassyUS @1944pl @MNKrk @PolandMFA
I encourage you to read our whole Last Voices of #WWII @NatGeoMag package. Here's a letter from editor-in-chief @susanbgoldberg about why stories from WWII’s last survivors matter now more than ever: nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/… #VEDay75 #VEDay
Some family memories as it's #VEDay2020 day today. This isn’t about making a point. It’s self-indulgent and for me to reminisce, any purpose beyond that is chance. If you like old photos, there is a few of them too.
As a millennial, these are the stories of my grandparents. With two working parents, my grandparents often helped with childcare and they often spoke about their lives. War memories, therefore, made up a large part of my youth.
My maternal grandfather, son of a Colonel, who was also the son of Colonel. He died before I was born, from a heart attack while travelling to work. Yet, the family always spoke of his desire to follow in his father's footsteps. (Here with his father in 1940) 
On VE Day in 1945 some 2.5million Indian Soldiers who fought as part of the Allied Forces also celebrated. Pictured is Aircraftman Singh of Ambala receiving news of victory with Corporal Boyd of Lanarkshire in 1945). Indians had participated in the European …(contd)#VEDay75
..campaign, most notably in Italy where they were a significant part of the allied forces liberating Italy from the Nazis. Pictured are Sikhs fighting as part of the Allied contingent who fought alongside British and Americans in 1944 in Italy
The Indian experience in Italy included time for rest and worhsip. Here, boat trips in Venice, skiing in the mountains and a gurdwara service in San Angelo
