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Tag: Günther Völker

Jul 12

About My Father (1)

  • By Martin Nicolaus in My father

Growing up as a bomb baby in Germany, as I did, it was common not to have a living father.  About 2.5 million German children lost their fathers in World War II.  Source.  In my case, my father lost his life two months before I was born, so we never knew one another. From my …

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