It’s the 23rd day of the Family History Writing Challenge and I see no reason to leave my father out; after all, he’s 50% responsible for my genes and 100% responsible for my name. His sister, my aunt Edith Jarolim, was my namesake. More relevant to this challenge: He had almost literally the same history… Continue Reading
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Daddy’s Girl: An Ode to Paul Jarolim
Move over, Kornmehl family. Today is my father’s day. From Vienna to Belgium and America If I thought I knew next-to-nothing about my mother’s past, I know even less about my father’s. I’m not sure, for example, whether my paternal grandfather died before the war or left his family — and, in either case, when… Continue Reading
