I was saddened by the recent news that Nathan Kornmehl had died, initially in the way you are saddened by the passing of a historical figure -- almost a fictional one. As Linda Chalmers Zemel, who interviewed him for the Buffalo Jewish Review in 2004 -- see Nathan Kornmehl's Story -- said of Nathan, who died last week at the age of 97: His life is the stuff authors draw upon
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Freud’s Butcher: Reuniting Old Friends Since 2012
Some of the topics I cover on this blog are difficult; my last few posts have been about the Holocaust, Austrian antisemitism, and my mother's sad past. Today, however, I move on to a far happier subject: Renewed friendships. I've mentioned the many relatives who were located through this blog. But as wonderful as it is to unearth family ties and potential relationships,