It is with this picture that my yearning to travel to Poland began. It is a photo taken by former Benalla woman Barbara Dewsnap. In a recent conversation Barb tells me this photo is actually taken quite close to Ratibor, a fact I found amazing in its coincidence - because I loved the photo before I knew where it was.
The exhibition affected me greatly. I already knew I had to go to Poland to bring my uncles back home - but more than that Silesia/Poland is also the country of my ancestors. It is where my father and grandparents were born, in Ratibor. I knew then that I had many reasons to go to Silesia, in today's Poland.
2 comments:
Impressive, such a "clam" picture with the history in mind. Hope you will have a good journey
Heike
it should be CALM :-)
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