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
Rita Rosenbaum Jarolim
Happy 100th Birthday, Henriette (Rita) Rosenbaum Jarolim
I've taken to writing posts in the late afternoon and then finishing them in the morning when I'm clear-headed. Good thing. I had a post prepared that was only tangentially related to Viktor Kornmehl, the subject of this part of the family history writing challenge. It was interesting in a look-what-I-found-I'm-so-clever kind of way, but it was bloodless. I'd veered pretty far