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Subject: [Leica] Viet nam 1968! :-)
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:11:32 -0500
References: <C6693677.1DD55%bd@bdcolenphoto.com> <3E5BD16D-2449-4CFD-AEF9-06B4955DD96A@usjet.net> <DB6F98BF-150E-4303-B446-81A915D33E9A@mac.com> <8AB3A044-115F-4964-A6B4-6CB23B39436D@ameritech.net> <208517ED-A96C-4937-B2A4-AF0CF7051173@mac.com> <2278FEAA-7340-47A7-85C4-459989BD8F0D@frozenlight.eu> <542FA853-AAE0-4622-A3EE-A3752EFDE92A@mac.com> <450F332D-469A-41C5-AA25-F6716C8B02E5@frozenlight.eu>

Wonderful!
And I'm sure you're
gifting that oral history
to the next generation.

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 4:04 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
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