Thanks, Nathan.
There are many memorable shots in that collection, and you have captured
community and enjoyment in several of them; but the 4th and 3rd from last
probably sum up the reunion as I see it: Joseph in his finery and medals, and
talking to Monica, the younger geneeration. He’s doing pretty well for 85 . . .
Chris
> On 1 Aug 2016, at 06:36, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> As I have mentioned in my PAW29 and in other contexts, from July 13th to the
> 17th we had one of those rare family reunions in Le Mans. In more normal
> families reunions are not that special, but in our case they are. The last
> one was in 1999 in Israel, so it was time to have another one while there are
> still members of the wartime generation among us. The main purpose of this
> reunion was to spend time together, and, more than anything else, to bring
> together the youngest generations and to transmit the family history to them,
> with all its tragedy but eventual rebirth and triumph.
>
> We had three members of the “old” generation: my uncle Joseph from Le Mans
> (whose 85th birthday was the occasion for the reunion), my uncle Zev from
> Florida, and my aunt Rachel from Israel. Another uncle from Israel could not
> make it, and of course my father, who was the “senior” figure in 1999, is no
> longer with us.
>
> My generation was represented by me, two of my three US cousins, one of my
> three Israeli cousins, and my two French cousins. Sadly, the Belgian branch
> of the family could not make it. One of my US cousins was absent as well.
>
> Finally, and most importantly, there were eight members of my children’s
> generation, including my own Moses and Monica and their cousins from France,
> Israel, the US and Italy.
>
> Including five spouses present, we were 22 altogether.
>
> There are 162 images in the gallery. The target audience is of course mainly
> the family itself, but since I have made the effort to select and edit them,
> I decided to share them with the list(s) as well:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Wajsman-family-2016/
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Wajsman-family-2016/>
>
> Some explanations: after a few images from our 1400 km drive to France, the
> first 100 or so images are from a place called Manoir du Gravier, an old
> stately country home about 40 km south of Le Mans, converted into a
> self-catering hotel where we stayed from July 14th to 16th. As you can see,
> we spent the time eating, drinking, talking, cycling in the countryside,
> playing pétanque, and just enjoying the place. We left the place in the
> morning of the 16th and moved on to Le Mans, where the following day there
> was a ceremony on the Place de la République to commemorate the roundup of
> French Jews by the Vichy regime in the summer of 1942 (which, among other
> things, resulted in Joseph’s parants and both sisters being sent to Auschwitz
> where they perished). The main speaker was Joseph, and afterwards there was a
> brunch in his house. Some of the young people in the images are a group of 20
> students from Florida International University in Miami who had made the trip
> to France for the occasion. Joseph has a long-standing connection with FIU.
> In the very last image Josph, visibly tired from the morning’s efforts, is
> chatting with one of those students.
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