In 1943, as a slave labourer my father found a creative way of saving energy while undermining the Nazis, but when the plan was discovered, he gave himself up to protect others.
Thank you David for both this and the previous part about the Holocaust experiences of Mom and Dad. Dad was not one to dwell in the past. We're fortunate that you were able to convince Mom to write her memoir and for Dad to record an oral history with you, otherwise so much about our parents and their family life would have remained unknown. Dad's imperfect command of the King's English made his playing Scrabble with us hilarious. After the din of the Fleetwood factory on Paré Street, he sought peace and quiet sitting in a small boat on the lake in the Laurentians, fishing for small mouth bass. His life serves as a model of resilience after trauma, of perseverance, modesty, humor, and and genuine lifelong love of Mom and his family.
Thank you David for both this and the previous part about the Holocaust experiences of Mom and Dad. Dad was not one to dwell in the past. We're fortunate that you were able to convince Mom to write her memoir and for Dad to record an oral history with you, otherwise so much about our parents and their family life would have remained unknown. Dad's imperfect command of the King's English made his playing Scrabble with us hilarious. After the din of the Fleetwood factory on Paré Street, he sought peace and quiet sitting in a small boat on the lake in the Laurentians, fishing for small mouth bass. His life serves as a model of resilience after trauma, of perseverance, modesty, humor, and and genuine lifelong love of Mom and his family.
>His life serves as a model of resilience after trauma, of perseverance, modesty, humor, and and genuine lifelong love of Mom and his family.
Well put, brother!
I was telling you earlier that there was a LinkedIn post that made me think to write this post over the weekend. This is the one, in case you're interested: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7252864179106160640/?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A(activity%3A7252864179106160640%2C7253121795011092480)&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(7253121795011092480%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7252864179106160640)
Stories like this must be preserved! Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure. It was a treat to listen to the tapes where I interviewed him and it had been a while since I had last done so.