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HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WITH EVELYN BANKO

November 10, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Last night my wife and I, along with our friends Barry and Phyllis, attended a Holocaust remembrance in the Tigard library.   Please join us on the 88th anniversary of Kristallnacht for a witnessing by the local Holocaust survivor Evelyn Banko. She will be talking about her experiences under Nazi persecution in Austria, and her […]

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REAL PEOPLE FROM HISTORY

February 1, 2026 by

Real history gets more realistic when granddaughters tell about their family. I’ve got grandkids. Maybe you’ve got grandkids, too? Imagine them in the future, telling your story. What would it sound like? This comes from a comment on Stumbling Stones Of Harsh History:

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WRITER WORKING ON CASU-11

March 9, 2023 by

The writer working on Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 11 is William Little. The official title of his book is MECHANIC ON THE WING, The Untold Story of Carrier Aircraft Unit Eleven (CASU-11) 1943-1946. I first heard about it in 2019 during a Rick Steves tour of Paris. There was something about meeting a former Navy […]

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ARE TEMPORARY DISABILITIES THE SPICE OF LIFE?

April 21, 2022 by

Why temporary disabilities? Why can’t thrills and chills be the spice? Because the disability part might be more than temporary if you’re not spicy enough. Let’s say you fell down during a game of Swinging Statue. It was a game when I was a kid where the big strong kid grabbed smaller kids by the […]

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Millennial History Break: WWII-era

August 22, 2018 by

    It’s been a long time since history delivered WWII. A long time to learn what happened, too. But not all are interested in the lessons of WWII, particularly the death camps where those deemed undesirable by the German authorities were warehoused until further notice. Further notice was death for six million people. Six. […]

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