Secret Agent | Photo by Francesca Tirico on Unsplash Of the Divine Conspiracy Thomas, Micah, Esther, Michael. The idea began with Thomas, he suggested that I should offer to give an interview and Micah applied on my behalf to the USC Shoah Foundation, Last Chance...
A German Reckons with History and Home Sometimes a book finds you, rather than you discovering a good read that satisfies your curiosity. Nora Krug’s book Belonging. A German Reckons with History and Home did just that. How did Belonging gain my attention? George and...
Reconciliation (originally named Reunion) is a sculpture by Josefina de Vasconcellos | Photo source: Jim Linwood Sent to Coventry An English idiom meaning to ostracize, or exclude I was sent to Coventry… A seven year old Jewish child, from a small, rural town at the...
Stolperstein for my parents, July 1, 2013. Gemünd, Germany | Photo by Thomas Cogdell Writing a blog, trying to unravel tangled thoughts. I am a German/Jewish Holocaust survivor whose parents perished in Poland, sitting at home in Arizona, on a cool January day,...
Opening Day Ceremony, Arizona House of Representatives | Photographer: Ryan Thurman How did I come to stand before the Arizona House of Representatives in Phoenix, on January 9, 2023? And why am I amazed? Michael Hunter a good friend, of many years, is Chief of Staff...
Filming a documentary… What did I miss, what remained unseen during those intense days filming in Germany, October 2 -15, 2022. Why were we drawn to particular places, why did we try to make connections between past and present? What made new Instagram friends...
“Yad”, pointer for reading the Torah in the synagogue | A gift from Detlef Wurst | Origin: Poland October 2 – 16, 2022 a team is filming the German part of my story, each day we are surprised by unexpected encounters with people and places. Sorting through my...
The white rose Sabine brought when we met at the Guldenthal Synagogue A Mourner’s Kaddish in Three Sacred Places Rzuchowski Forest, Poland It is raining on Monday May 3rd 2010 and together with nine others, a minyan for prayer according to Jewish custom, we say...
Photo by Wandaline Joassin After the flood, Gemünd, Eifel. Dieter looks down from the upstairs window, he sees us in the street below, standing around the Stolperstein in front of the house next door. We are filming. He comes down and hands George and I an envelope...
Redemption Church Alhambra, Phoenix | Photo by Thomas Cogdell Thomas Cogdell came to Phoenix, last week. Friday evening he introduced his newly published book, Unity Through Repentance to an enthusiastic audience at Redemption Church Alhambra. Saturday morning he...