[Leica] Ten years ago today

[George Lottermoser]

On Nov 1, 2014, at 12:23 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Today also happens to be my birthday, but I have not really felt like celebrating it the past ten years:
> 
> http://www.frozenlight.eu/nathanfoto/far.html

Fascinating family history…

Thank you for sharing it.

I won't wish you a "happy" birthday…
though I will raise my coffee cup, and remove my cap, in honor of the anniversary your birth
and
your father's passing…

My father's father, a democratic socialist - by all accounts - also came from that part of Eastern Europe.
George Lottermoser's immigration papers state his nationality as Russian.
My father was investigated during the McCarthy 50's - due to the combination of his union membership and his father's country of origin.

I too have an FBI dossier - which I received a copy of through the Freedom of Information Act - though due more to my activism during the 60s and 70s than to my paternal lineage.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 

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