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Another old gem

Posted on by RhapsodyBoheme

Another old gem surfaced looking through Mom’s paperwork. A picture of my maternal grandparents. Grandma was always a beautiful woman with great style, and grandpa was pretty handsome too, reminding me of Charlie Chaplin a bit. Together they had two daughters, my Mom and her younger sister who is my godmother. Together they have also seen and fought in the war, were prisoners and spent 11 years apart from each other. Grandpa was a prisoner of war and Grandma had to flee the country with Mom who was only 5 years old at the time. It was a miracle Grandpa found his family again through the Red Cross after he was released from prison, and life could continue as a family.

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20 thoughts on “Another old gem”

  7. What a incredible family history and love story Boheme, how very scary it must have been for Your Grandparents, that they found each other again but with all that time apart. How does a family reconnects. So tragic. the photofraph is wonderful treasure.

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