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Uncovering My Latvian-Jewish Roots

January 23, 2020May 31, 2020 Richard Baum January 2020

Uncovering My Latvian-Jewish Roots
by Shelly Sanders

“I waded through pages with photos of strangers, passport stamps, and Cyrillic text, able to pick out a few handwritten names. Schlomo, Ruven, Jossel. My great-uncle. For the first time, I saw his face and recognised my grandmother and her brother in his features.”

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