August und Leopold

August und Leopold

Two gravestones Jüdischer Friedhof Heddesheim-Waldhilbersheim (Jewish cemetery for the former citizens of Guldental) August Schneider and Leopold Grünewald, who are you, how are you connected?  You both lived in Heddesheim now Guldental, a small wine village in...
Peace for Our Time!

Peace for Our Time!

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, returning to Britain from Munich September 1938 | Public Domain Indelible words spoken by Neville Chamberlain as he landed in Britain after his meeting with Hitler, September 29-30, 1938, where they had signed the Munich agreement...
Shirley Temple’s Curls

Shirley Temple’s Curls

Shirley Temple | Image Source: Good Housekeeping/Bettman/Getty Images What Really Happened in Coventry, that Summer of 1939? Sifting through the past, connecting the dots, looking for substance among the shadows, comparing two children’s memories of the same events,...
The Script

The Script

The invitation to Zoom with students at St Mary’s Ecumenical Institute, Baltimore and speak on the topic: Jewish and Christian responses to the Holocaust, sparked my interest but mingled with thoughts of inadequacy.  And there I was, yesterday the 15th July sitting in...
Why me?

Why me?

Graduating Class Nuneaton High School, July 1948. Sheila is second from the left on the second row and I am third from the left on the front row. I remember my complaint from all those years ago. Laying in bed late one night, it was summer time in Coventry, England,...