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Rose Gatens started the topic Prompted by Sondra's book in the forum On Austrian Soil – 2019 Summer Seminar Responses 4 years, 10 months ago
I am reading Sondra’s book, On Austrian Soil, as I reflect on my own life and seek paths to pursue now after retiring and with the death of my husband, Walter. I surely resonated with Sondra’s fear as she landed in Austria for the first time. I resonated with her reflections on teaching Austrian students. I had a similar experience being a Cat…[Read more]
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Rose Gatens started the topic Reflections on Olga's story in the forum On Austrian Soil – 2019 Summer Seminar Responses 4 years, 10 months ago
Olga’s Story: at the heart of Olga’s story is her everlasting grief over her family, her parents, her husband, her children. She is tormented by questioning the wisdom of insisting that she and her family find a way to leave Romania, but even more by the tragedy of believing that their choice of a way out was really the road to their dea…[Read more]
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Rose Gatens started the topic Greetings from Lighthouse Point, FL. in the forum 2019 Summer Seminar Participant Introductions 5 years ago
Hi Everyone! I am Rose Gatens. I live in Lighthouse Point, Florida and recently retired after 13 years as Director of the Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. As a relatively new member of TOLI’s Board of Directors I am attending the New York Seminar so that I can understand our p…[Read more]
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