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Dedicated to My Australian Friend

Dedicated to My Australian Friend

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Salts Mill, Yorkshire

Salts Mill, Yorkshire

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Jews were persecuted for their skills, their race and now for their land

Who Collected The Impressionist Paintings in Their Time?

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In The Past, And Now

My father once said that in the future, people would see each other while talking on the phone. I disbelieved him; I believe it was in the 1970s. He died in 2007, and I don’t think he realised how close he came to experiencing what he said.In my childhood in the 1950s, my mother walked or biked to one of the telephone boxes in our town. She wanted to call her mother of siblings. Sometimes, there…

In The Past, And Now

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Glimpses From a National Park in Southern Sweden

A few hours’ drive from the bridge between Denmark and Sweden is a National Park called Söderåsen. The varied landscape includes many paths through woods, moors, and meadows. Henry and I tried to follow certain coloured routes and mostly succeeded without getting lost. We took with us food for two days and made our own meals at the hostel. Outside on the ground belonging to the hostel was a sauna…

Glimpses From a National Park in Southern Sweden

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War Memorials at Helsingborg, Sweden

During WWII, Sweden became a saving place for people in Denmark who had to flee the Nazi occupiers. This granite monument commemorates the deed of Swedish authorities receiving the fugitives. That would be the Danish Jews and the freedom fighters. The memorial is from 1945 and was given by the ones who were helped. The Granite War Memorial given by the saved Jews and Freedom Fighters From…

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Tiden som ny sygeplejerske fra 1975-79

Et kommende interview om at have været sygeplejerske fik mig igang med at finde stumper af minder frem. Da jeg mest har identificeret mig som sundhedsplejerske måtte jeg lede langt tilbage i hukommelsen og desværre har jeg foreløbigt ikke så meget at bidrage med. Det var ingen let uddannelse. Den stillede store krav på at tilegne sig viden og praktiske færdigheder. Vores personlige karakter kom…

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Fifth of May, The Danish Day of Freedom

Inspired by our blogging friend GP Cox, who dedicates his blog to honour those who fought in the Pacific during WWII, my husband Henry and I took a round trip to four churches to find the graves of some of the persons mentioned on the memorial statue in Herning. Nobody seems to know anything about them even though they have fallen because of WWII. Henry has promised to thoroughly research each of…

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The Circle of Life, My Grandmother's Illness in 1905

I enjoy visiting the places of my family history and furthering the knowlegde to my grandchildren

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Light in Darkness

I often travel across the country to Copenhagen to see my grandchildren. I borrow my daughter-in-law’s bicycle whenever possible to see things in Copenhagen or run errands. This was the case on a dark day in January, and I parked the bicycle among other bicycles in a tight row. Suddenly, a bike fell on its side and took mine and two other bicycles in the fall. I knew you mind your business here…

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Hidden Churches in Copenhagen

I lived for many years in Copenhagen but was oblivious to these masterpieces of beautiful architecture. Frederiksberg is an independent city surrounded by our capital, Copenhagen. These four churches are from the same time period, the late nineteen hundred and were built because of population expansion in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. Unfortunately, the linked homepages are only in Danish and…

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The Miracle of a Surviving Synagogue

"Never Again is now"

Shortly after the arrival of German occupiers in Riga in July 1941, the synagogues were destroyed; only one in the old city of Riga remained intact. A German institute was close to the building, and the invaders were afraid to damage their building. As always, the beautiful Art Nouveau building was taken for its own purposes. The same thing happened in Denmark. The occupiers had good taste and…

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Sundborn Church

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The Former Jewish Ghetto in Riga

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Guthenbergs Hotel- An Extraordinary Place in Riga

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The Rooster Symbol in Riga

My good friend blogger paolsoren asked me the following question on my last post about the roosters in Riga: An excellent report Maria. But where was the rooster? I look forward to your next post about Riga’s darker history.By the way, when I was in the Australian Army our Army house was in Riga Court. Thank you, paolsoren, for inspiring me to continue blogging! I managed to get one picture of…

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Riga, Latvia

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