[Leica] Nathan's PAD 30/12/2011: rebirth

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Thanks for the history, and for the beautiful image.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu>
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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 30/12/2011: rebirth


>I was born in the city of Wroc?aw in south-western Poland in 1960. 
>Following a government-sponsored anti-Semitic campaign in the late 60s, my 
>parents and I emigrated to Denmark in 1972. My sister did not go with us, 
>and she still lives in the city of my birth. Of course, today it is an 
>entirely different world. Wroc?aw is a city of almost 700.000 people, 
>located in one of the most dynamic regions in one the most dynamic 
>countries anywhere in the Western world. The Jewish population of the city 
>had dwindled to almost nothing by the late 1980s, but in recent years there 
>has been a remarkable revival, due mainly to people re-discovering their 
>ancestry and a bit of return migration. One tangible proof is the old 
>synagogue "Pod Bia?ym Bocianem" ("the white stork") which had fallen into 
>disrepair until a Norwegian singer took up the cause and started a 
>foundation that spearheaded the renovation of the temple. The work was 
>completed last year and the result can be seen here:
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> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#1652231741_kL7C5bg-O-LB
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> The congregation has about 400 members, small fry by US standards, but a 
> remarkable revival considering the circumstances. There is also a Jewish 
> school in Wroc?aw, a good indication that the community has a future.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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