Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]He joined initially the Red army as a 17-year old in 1942. Later, in 43 or 44, he joined the Polish army-in-exile that was formed in the Soviet Union. He was there because he and a few members of his family escaped the Germans in 1939 by fleeing east from his native Lublin. Everyone else died in the Holocaust. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Nov 13, 2011, at 8:29 AM, Chris Crawford wrote: > Nathan, > > Was your father in the Polish or Soviet Army? > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 11/13/11 1:28 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > >> I have enjoyed seeing the posts of Jim's and Tina's fathers next to >> planes. My own father was more earthbound, spending the years 1943-1945 >> fighting his way from Western Russia to Bernau, 30 km from Berlin, where >> he was the day the war ended, 8th May 1945. Here is a portrait of him, >> taken some time in 1944 or 1945, still during the war: >> >> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/My-fathers-pictures/16536415_t4kNxD#158119588 >> 3_bm6JVZm-O-LB >> >> and an a propos project by Brian David Stevens: >> >> http://driftingcamera.blogspot.com/p/they-that-are-left.html >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >