by Hanna Miley | May 9, 2025 | Blog
May is a month for remembering Last week Amy Williams landed in Phoenix with a tin of Chocolate Chip Shortbread biscuits from London, with a Spitfire on the lid and the words, To Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, 1945 -2025. I was 13 years old, living in...
by Hanna Miley | Apr 14, 2025 | Blog
Another blog about seeing. I open my iPad and the headline lures me in but it disappears before I can click and is instantly replaced by other filtered stories. Curiosity peaked, I Google, Amazing Grace in the White House, and immediately two articles appear. Fox...
by Hanna Miley | Apr 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Leni Riefenstahl Filming, 1936 | Source: Wikipedia Source: Jarould (Public domain) Leni Riefenstahl was Hitler’s favorite film maker. Multi talented, director, producer, writer, editor, photographer, even starring in her own drama, Tiefland, (Lowlands). Film Poster |...
by Hanna Miley | Mar 18, 2025 | Blog
2 Advertisements The Tellers and the Zacks were good friends, well known, respected citizens with thriving businesses in the center of Gemünd, a small market town, in the Eifel region, Germany. The Tellers made and sold hats. To go out in public hatless was...
by Hanna Miley | Feb 11, 2025 | Blog
“The Parting” | Collage created in Germany, 2012 We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. Through the unknown, remembered gate When the last of earth left to...
by Hanna Miley | Jan 27, 2025 | Blog
Amy at the Memorial for the Deportees, Yad Vashem | 23 January 2025 We, who are singed by the burning, mark the liberation of Auschwitz on 27 January, 1945. Yesterday, at the request of the team filming my story, Bobby Lax and David Zarif film an interview with Dr....
by Micah | Dec 23, 2024 | Blog
I was number 8814 It really did happen. Sometimes while watching a documentary about ancient history I see an archaeologist kneeling on dusty ground in a barren landscape, intent, patiently scraping rocks with a little trowel, gently brushing away the soil. I am...
by Hanna Miley | Oct 12, 2024 | Blog
“The Leaving” by Laura Nathan, textile artist We respond to events through the filter of our life experiences, and our perception of reality. One year ago, on October 7 in Israel, Jews were killed, tortured, taken hostage, men and women, young and old,...
by Hanna Miley | Aug 22, 2024 | Blog
Gemünd, Eifel (Luftkurort) We walked back from the synagogue, my father and I, along Mühlengasse, over the bridge and on to Dreibornerstrasse. We climbed the stairs to our front door and breathed in the smell of spices and apple cake. I took for granted the peace and...
by Hanna Miley | Aug 19, 2024 | Blog
Thirsty for Knowledge. Who Are My Teachers? My reading, listening and watching habits are a little odd. I’m not looking for entertainment or distraction, an escape from real life. I’m seeking answers to questions. Sometimes I watch too much news but often I hit the...
