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Nov 105 min read
Raymond 8th Nov 2021
I was proud of my brother and tried to emulate him
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leon gork tour guide
Sep 162 min read
Our House
Boulders of ice rolled down the corrugated iron roof
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leon gork tour guide
Aug 61 min read
My Father-in-Law
To his great surprise, he became a grandfather for the third time
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leon gork tour guide
Jun 227 min read
Family story Part 1
A Jewish family leaves Zarasai, where their ancestors lived for one hundred years, to settle in Asveja and later to South Africa
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leon gork tour guide
May 133 min read
The President Cinema
A childhood conflict between movies and religion
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leon gork tour guide
Apr 73 min read
The Swimming Pool.
Winter over, the swimming pool in the park opened its doors Scattered over lawn-covered terraces around the rectangle of shimmering blue...
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leon gork tour guide
Apr 45 min read
The class picture.
"The picture doesn't show me", I cried. Not being noticed, or left out of the group, was my greatest fear, and it has come about....
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leon gork tour guide
Mar 253 min read
The flood
Ginger went out into the dark and rainy night. Driven, as if by a force beyond control, to consort with a female feline, the tomcat...
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leon gork tour guide
Mar 184 min read
The Coffee Shop
Car parked in the underground garage, in the narrow street of busy downtown Salonika. We entered the store. Short sleeved tee shirts of...
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leon gork tour guide
Mar 165 min read
Flat Battery
“It’s the battery,” said Etti in a crying voice. “The towing service will have to come again”. Long ago, when I was still young and...
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leon gork tour guide
Feb 6, 20232 min read
The lonely pinacle
My roughneck cousins rolled on the ground holding their stomachs with laughter at the sight of me, wailing pitifully, caught in the midst...
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leon gork tour guide
Jan 31, 20232 min read
Shull - The place where Jews go to worship God.
The tall white building was entered from the western side. I looked up at the Star of David-shaped window in the gable above the...
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leon gork tour guide
Oct 22, 20225 min read
My Father's Story
Note: I have put the story in my father’s mouth, as I believe he would have told it, had he been able. We had a child, a son, and wanted...
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leon gork tour guide
May 30, 20223 min read
My loving mother
Sin for me meant doing something bad to a woman. Theft held no attraction for me. I never longed to own something belonging to someone...
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