Of all the pictures I've found or received from various family members in the course of my research, I don't think any one has moved me quite as much as this sketch of my maternal great grandfather. It's not only the fact that I viewed for the first time an image of the patriarch of the family of the eight brothers and sisters on whom my research has been focused; it's the man
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Is Personality Static? My Mother, the Uncles & the Eyeballs
One of the things that most interests me about my family history is the "before" and "after" of my mother's life. I wonder what effect being forced to leave Vienna -- especially without her parents -- had on Rita Rosenbaum Jarolim's personality. I've always imagined the impact must have been profound. But I may be wrong. Two pictures and a tale of teasing by the Kornmehl