by Hanna Miley | Jan 17, 2022 | Blog
Hanna Zack Miley holding her autobiography, A Garland For Ashes The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day, January 27, 2022 marking the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, is One Day. Yesterday, 13th January, Amy Williams invited me to join historian, Professor Bill Niven...
by Hanna Miley | Jan 4, 2022 | Blog
Jewish Remembrance week Görlitz, 2021 Görlitz to Phoenix via Birmingham Boxing Day 2021 Today I’m mending a little wooden train engine and carriage that arrived uncoupled from its secure place attached to a Christmas tree. Yesterday, Christmas Day, I discovered a...
by Hanna Miley | Dec 15, 2021 | Blog
“The Yellow Crucifixion” by Mark Chagall being viewed at The Contemporary Art Center of Landerneau (photo by Fred Tanneau) Marc Chagall 1887 – 1985 Marc Chagall’s fascination with Jesus and the Cross intrigues me. After all he was a shtetl Jew, born in Vitebsk,...
by Hanna Miley | Dec 15, 2021 | Blog
The 4711 sign today in Köln, Germany Köln, Germany 1939 We parted at Köln Hauptbahnhof. The date was Monday, July 24th 1939 in the evening. I didn’t realize it would be our last goodbye. I remember looking up at the giant 4711 sign high above us. After all these...
by Hanna Miley | Dec 15, 2021 | Blog
Amanda (left) and Hanna (right) together in Phoenix, comparing “A Garland for Ashes” with “Meine Krone in der Asche” A Blog Within A Blog A Zoom call with Verena in Austria leads to an introduction to Mark in Michigan, who invites me to share my story on a...