Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful! And I'm sure you're gifting that oral history to the next generation. 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 4:04 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Lots of stories, yes, both oral and some written, some I found only > after his death. But I have a pretty good idea of those 3 years. > > Cheers, > 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 10:46 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > >> Have you spent much time with these stories from your father? >> Tapes? or? >> >> 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 3:07 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information