tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post8053797156457593585..comments2024-02-20T07:57:47.756-08:00Comments on Carol Hedges: A journey to myself: The end of the journey.Carol Hedgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-21173084461930949042020-04-22T03:34:30.754-07:002020-04-22T03:34:30.754-07:00Thank you for sending me the link to this, Carol. ...Thank you for sending me the link to this, Carol. What a tragic account... Truly evil times...So pleased you got your citizenship, though. (from Mrs A on Twitter)Bev Mattocks Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353718855920959097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-72857856400353616022019-05-14T09:00:26.132-07:002019-05-14T09:00:26.132-07:00So sad that we watch as History seems to repeat it...So sad that we watch as History seems to repeat itself.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02960044301714999277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-59019364976328536412019-05-12T02:14:38.296-07:002019-05-12T02:14:38.296-07:00Such a sad story....but glad you got your citizens...Such a sad story....but glad you got your citizenship.Leonorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09432898647945296611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-61766009175179291012018-12-25T06:45:40.275-08:002018-12-25T06:45:40.275-08:00You have exercised your human right of choice, acc...You have exercised your human right of choice, according to bureaucracy, yet how refreshing to see the German way of making things smoother for you, imagine undertaking similar task with UK Home Office!<br /><br />I weep for this country, and just wonder how so many human beings could reject over 70 years of peace across EU member states!Rupert Neil Bumfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460239805603476978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-17300511493651516582018-07-17T01:27:32.743-07:002018-07-17T01:27:32.743-07:00Completely heart rending family history.. I'm ...Completely heart rending family history.. I'm so glad you found them, your Grandparents live on. <br />I can't bear what is happening in the UK either. Destroying families and uprooting people, obviously the British voters did not learn from history. <br />I am truly heartened that you have your German Citizenship reinstated, wishing you well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13356192425522604074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-40710074357754660252018-06-20T00:46:51.424-07:002018-06-20T00:46:51.424-07:00A very moving life story, Carol!
@Essexsteve78A very moving life story, Carol! <br /><br />@Essexsteve78Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17251851794889873833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-47220273903095538722018-02-25T12:24:46.832-08:002018-02-25T12:24:46.832-08:00Yad Vashem and the Red Cross also helped us establ...Yad Vashem and the Red Cross also helped us establish what happened to my husband's great grandmother. The family had always assumed she was murdered in Auscwitz. Not so: it was Treblinka, and most likely shot in the back in the "Krankenhaus".<br />However, someon showed a small act of kindness and gave her her name back when she was transported form Theresienstadt to Treblinka: she as again Clara Lehrs instead of Klara Sarah Lehrs. <br />My husband has much that is German about him and has also some signs of a Jewish background. <br />I have mixed with so many other Europeans and people form further afield that I am one of these dreaded global-ciizens-of-nowhere (Oh Theresa dear, you speak such garbage!) Heaven help me. <br />I have a good many very good German friends and can only believe that "we" must be just as capable of being horrible as "they" were then. Hmm slave trade and didn't we invent the concentration camp? And now look what's happening? <br />Thank goodness people are mainly decent.<br />As I said elsewhre earlier, time to get out the white roses (Geschwister Scholl) Gill Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907328485580011762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-21558944279660102102018-02-24T01:40:15.817-08:002018-02-24T01:40:15.817-08:00Yes, and we cross our fingers and hope it is not a...Yes, and we cross our fingers and hope it is not about to happen againCarol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-79406118126138300352018-02-24T01:39:49.922-08:002018-02-24T01:39:49.922-08:00Thank you!Thank you!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-67397893879441258002018-02-05T04:55:31.035-08:002018-02-05T04:55:31.035-08:00There for the grace of the universe go each and ev...There for the grace of the universe go each and every one, it is time to remember we belong to one race... the human race. I am so pleased you attained your goal for the rights of you, your family today and all their yesterdays. X hhtp://ellenbest24.wordpress.com/https://www.blogger.com/profile/01905644490985794475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-82239777812299195312018-02-05T02:28:43.378-08:002018-02-05T02:28:43.378-08:00Very emotional Carol. This happened to your grandp...Very emotional Carol. This happened to your grandparents and that doesn't seem so long ago,it's very frightening and sad. I'm sure your grandparents would be proud of you.Anne Macklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635857544175826537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-75438845259325005912018-02-05T01:32:46.055-08:002018-02-05T01:32:46.055-08:00Seeing that past in ink upon paper makes it so rea...Seeing that past in ink upon paper makes it so real, close, and eternal. We say "Never Again," but are disregarding everything that led up to the Holocaust, and the fear your grandparents felt is beginning to reappear in this tortured world. I too, searched for information about my grandfather, and found the record of his incarceration in Astorga, León. He was convicted in July of 1937 by a military tribunal of being a "Red element" and given a twenty year sentence. It was commuted after four years for good behavior; he was sent home with the obligation of presenting himself before the Guardia Civil every week. He died a short while later in an accident. I still have to ferret out the records of the trial itself, but it was impressive to see my grandfather's name caught up in the horror of the Civil War, and could only imagine the privations he must have suffered in prison (the one at Astorga had a very unsavory reputation). <br /><br />Having gotten your German citizenship, I hope you only have to avail yourself of it for good, and never feel the need to seek safety. One can only pray that "Never Again" is given its full meaning.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249273119777270679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-67563935750311205522018-01-03T06:24:41.213-08:002018-01-03T06:24:41.213-08:00I feel deeply for you Carol. There's no easy w...I feel deeply for you Carol. There's no easy way to deal with the horrors of the past. Many members of a branch of my husband's Polish family perished, including many children. I read the family tree and tears didn't somehow seem enough...I applaud your stand and am so pleased things seem to be working out. We now live in Spain, and happily so! Do hope your cancer treatment leaves you fit and well. Take care. Joy Lennickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882313228011015103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-78071861938331249142016-10-26T06:18:01.400-07:002016-10-26T06:18:01.400-07:00Your story brought a tear to my eye and a deep sad...Your story brought a tear to my eye and a deep sadness to my heart. I am ashamed for what this country has become, that you no longer feel welcome here, but absolutely feel you are right to restore your German nationality. I lived happily in Germany for many years and wish I had stayed, so that I could shed the British nationality of which I am now ashamed. I wish you all the very best for your future.Chris Hooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13793844465942265439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-4216528170104143452016-10-06T11:37:17.213-07:002016-10-06T11:37:17.213-07:00I hope so too, or that 'good people' will ...I hope so too, or that 'good people' will stand up and be counted. This didn't happen to my family in Nazi Germany. It is too easy to keep one's head down...but eventually, it *will* happen to you!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-2400718663808640702016-10-06T11:34:51.038-07:002016-10-06T11:34:51.038-07:00Thanks Val. I hope so more for Hannah and the babi...Thanks Val. I hope so more for Hannah and the babies!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-89963608362949449652016-10-06T11:34:14.892-07:002016-10-06T11:34:14.892-07:00Indeed. The only difference between a refugee and ...Indeed. The only difference between a refugee and you and me is: luck!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-39715907546562602812016-10-06T11:24:24.067-07:002016-10-06T11:24:24.067-07:00As an American Citizen, Many of us have the same c...As an American Citizen, Many of us have the same concerns that Carol has expressed re Farage. Only ours has to do with the Republican Donald Trump -- who many of us are convinced he is fascist! He has a large neo nazi following which is equally distrubing. I pray that the craziness in both our countries settle down. Best of luck CarolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10675779387914745906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-62361903276455963042016-08-08T23:45:06.869-07:002016-08-08T23:45:06.869-07:00I missed this because I was away, Carol. I can onl...I missed this because I was away, Carol. I can only begin to imagine what you felt on finding that information. And yes, I wonder if we will ever learn...labels are far too easy to stamp on people and we do it more and more, not less. I hope you make the restored citizenship happen! This was immensely moving.Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-50670689286477775582016-08-08T05:44:25.563-07:002016-08-08T05:44:25.563-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.caz greenhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17133397164720763837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-31412855538524518402016-07-24T02:06:03.476-07:002016-07-24T02:06:03.476-07:00Unbelievably poignant.
I hope the whole process i...Unbelievably poignant. <br />I hope the whole process is successful, and, indeed, helps you feel "whole".<br />Family History can be inspiring, fascinating and heartbreaking. *sigh*<br /><br />On a side note: The Lebanon is just a tiny bit bigger than Cornwall - and the Lebanon houses and looks after TWO MILLION refugees. I know you, like me, wont stand for anyone saying "there are too many of them coming here!"<br /><br />JohnJohn Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02095349741824511293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-14501324333163002092016-07-22T01:15:17.920-07:002016-07-22T01:15:17.920-07:00Respec' Carol!Respec' Carol!<br />Beryl Kingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07750167083617870648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-77530440003787175042016-07-19T08:03:55.267-07:002016-07-19T08:03:55.267-07:00I cannot understand how any sane person can fall f...I cannot understand how any sane person can fall for Trump's rhetoric ..mind, they fell for Nigel Farage over here. It is scary, this lurch to the right..and it's happening globally as well.Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-3759058479497365912016-07-19T07:49:58.868-07:002016-07-19T07:49:58.868-07:00Very sad, Carol. I am glad you learned the truth a...Very sad, Carol. I am glad you learned the truth and hope your family can regain German citizenship, though. This current wave of racism is just appalling. I don't advise you to watch any of the American Republican Convention, but let me just say, it's a sick thing.mary rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02029329722313141801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-9500674730923663612016-07-18T06:14:54.248-07:002016-07-18T06:14:54.248-07:00It must have been quite a shock for you Carol but ...It must have been quite a shock for you Carol but it's better than wondering. I don't think lessons have been learned in fact I think the world is getting worse it's very sad. I hope your successful. Anne Macklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635857544175826537noreply@blogger.com