Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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