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Excellent review of events. and let me thank you, for presenting this comparison

and historical review. I was born during /after this era and gleaned data resting

behind a concealing armchair . I did not care to be consigned to a sleep spot all

alone, I hid and listened to the group of adults. and I as was the only child present,

the adults forgot about me and spoke freely. Place? SE WI. at someones home/apt

to celebrate a new member of this group's recent arrival to the USA. There was a 5

year wait after application to be allowed to leave Germany. And it was a costly crossing,

plus a family required a "sponsor" to guarantee financial support. I learned to read, practiced/

reading B4 I could confidently speak. The English language is difficult to learn because

of the number of homonyms and homophones. Plus there are no th starting words

in German.

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