Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Many of course. After all, Russia occupied several neighboring countries, so Latvians, Poles etc. had even more of a reason to flee. One thing to be conscripted into the army of your own country, another into the one of a hostile, occupying state. My father's story is a bit of the opposite, but of course it was also a different war. In 1942, when he was 17, he volunteered to join the Red Army and was accepted despite being too young (he may have lied about his age, but I am not sure). He fought against the Germans for the next 3 years and ended the war in May 1945 as an officer commanding a small unit holding the town of Bernau, 35 km from Berlin. For a young Jewish man in those years, this was not a bad fate at all. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Jun 25, 2009, at 9:02 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > Well damn! > maybe we should start a new group. > > With the web > we'd have many soon. > > I wonder what the numbers are for eastern europeans fleeing > conscription into the Czar's army. > googling "fleeing conscription into the czar's army" > brings up a whole lot reading material > > Definitely interesting history. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On Jun 25, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Richard Wasserman wrote: > >> Add me to the list! My maternal grandmother and her 3 brothers came >> to the US about 1905 to escape the Czar's army, although one of the >> brothers had already maimed himself to avoid serving. I avoided >> Vietnam with the aid of Quaker counselors and a sympathetic family >> doctor and had the complete support of my parents. My draft lottery >> number was 26... They were interesting times >> >> Richard Wasserman >> >> >> >> On Jun 25, 2009, at 1:35 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: >> >>> fascinating! >>> grandchildren (and great grandchildren) >>> of draft dodgers >>> who also did (or didn't) >>> a bit of draft dodging >>> themselves >>> >>> many different forms of courage >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information