Comments by "Beth Hentges" (@bethhentges) on "Feli from Germany"
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Thank you very much for this. I am from the USA.
My father fought in Germany, and his ancestors (only 1-2 generations earlier) were from Prussia, Bohemia, Bayern, and Luxembourg. In fact, my dad’s uncle fought in WW I, in Germany, also. After that war ended he went to Luxembourg to meet his first cousins.
I hope to travel to Europe some day. I had hoped to take my dad, but by the time I maybe could afford it, he was too elderly. He died in 2009.
One interesting thing. I was with my dad when he had an appointment with a doctor he hadn’t seen before. The doctor came in, greeted us, introduced himself. Then he said, “Hentges. That’s a German name, right? Have you ever been there?”
My dad said, “Well no, not as a tourist. I was there during the war.”
The doctor said, “Me, too, but I was on the other side.”
Then they each shrugged their shoulders and nodded their heads once as if to say, “I understand. War is hell. Been there. Done that.”
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