Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Invasion Of Poland

World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. It was today, eighty years ago, that the Soviets invaded Poland from the east. My mother tells me that her earliest memory is of a vast number of troops, on September 1, marching from morning until evening past her house, while she stood clutching the front gate as a little girl. Today the city is called Szczecin. I visited the house, and I saw the avenue, and that front gate. OBSERVATION: Our family witnessed some of the great events of history from close quarters, including me.

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