Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting history indeed! The brother who maimed himself was an artist and moved to Chicago with the rest of his family. He wound up working with Jane Addams and lived at Hull House working with other immigrants, teaching art and theater. He met his wife (my great-aunt) there who was Addams' secretary. My credentials are in order! Richard On Jun 25, 2009, at 2:02 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