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The old Christmas card
It’s a cheery old-fashioned Christmas Card, probably from the late 1950s. My cousin in Poland, Kris Żebrowski, found it among other...
Halina St James
Dec 18, 20232 min read


'Sugar kisses' after 70 years
Last year I returned to the German army base in Bavaria where I'd lived as a Displaced Person after World War II. This year I tracked...
Halina St James
Nov 22, 20232 min read


"The past must never be repeated"
Flowers placed lovingly on a simple memorial where, 80 years ago, my mother lived in a draughty wooden hut. She was there under guard by...
Halina St James
Nov 14, 20232 min read
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