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paul and pat aniotzbehere's avatar

Kerry, thanks so much for the Orson Welles bits on the Basque Country...At least half of the episodes were filmed in the family village of Sare which lies a few short kilometers from the Spanish border. A frontier the Basque people refuse to recognize. Zazpiak Bat

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Hi, Barbara. I wasn't surprised at the ending of the Latvian story. I helped a friend publish a memoir of his mother's about her life in Lithuania during WWII. First the Russians came and stayed for one year, then the "Christian" Lithuanians showed up at their house in advance of the Germans. She never saw her father or brother again. After surviving the ghetto, she was sent to Dachau where, incredibly, she met her future husband. They both survived the camp, came to Chicago and got married. You can order the book here, if you're interested. https://www.lulu.com/shop/sonja-haid-greene/between-life-and-death/hardcover/product-17g8m947.html

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