leon gork tour guideMar 102 minThe CemeteryThere they lie. The earliest inhabitants of Krugersdorp and the latest, row after row of black granite stones with names and dates carved...
leon gork tour guideMar 42 minKrugersdorp JewsDavid Super calls himself Dovid, the way David is pronounced in Yiddish, the language spoken in Eastern Europe, where Jews had lived for...
leon gork tour guideDec 26, 20213 minChristmas in Krugersdorp 1960The festive season always causes my thoughts to return to Krugersdorp. For example, Easter brings me back to the Easter eggs, I loved so...
leon gork tour guideOct 23, 20215 minMy Father's StoryThis story just goes to show that we are products of history, which can’t be changed. It is what it is and all that we can do is accept...
leon gork tour guideOct 9, 20213 minGuilt and Self-pityI released the handbrake of the brand new Hudson. The sensation of holding the steering wheel, like dad, as the vehicle rolled backward,...
leon gork tour guideAug 10, 20212 minMy Life MatriculationThe story of my life in Krugersdorp continues. In the last episode , The Plumber, you left me standing open mouthed in my uncle Louie's...
leon gork tour guideAug 9, 20214 minEmbattled EgosThe daily order of events took an ominously different turn after I began walking, my knapsack on my back, I’d left out my task of...
leon gork tour guideAug 1, 20213 minEncounter in the trainI let her walk out of my life. Now her memory is in my mind forever. That was in about 1964. I even remember that it was in September or...
leon gork tour guideJul 30, 20214 minThe PlumberJack Holzman plumbers and plumbing supplies, up there in Human Str. on the ground floor of the building better known to the gambling...
leon gork tour guideJul 30, 20214 minThe Nike CapThe Nike cap. Leon’s anger had been simmering for a long time, threatening to erupt each time Robbie annoyed him. Robbie never knew Leon...
leon gork tour guideJun 27, 20216 minMisplaced AngerI’m a happy little boy. I don’t let anything get me down. But sometimes I’m disappointed and that puts me in a bad mood for a while. One...
leon gork tour guideMay 1, 20215 minAn elegant Krugersdorp FamilyThe Katzen family was unbelievable, among the social circles of Krugersdorp that I was familiar with. I think it's because they never...
leon gork tour guideOct 30, 20203 minAll things Bright and BeautiulLast night it happened. A song I used to sing at the daily morning gathering in Krugersdorp Town School, came to me, and together the...
leon gork tour guideOct 14, 202016 minManke Leaves PoswilManke, his student cap on his head, on his way to Heder, looked into the stable watching how Scholem struggled, pulling the animal this way
leon gork tour guideAug 10, 20202 minThe Sportfield5 times round the rugby field." ordered Mr.Schnell, Mr. fast, a suitable name for that impressive, tall, scrawny man, with blond hair.
leon gork tour guideJul 27, 20203 minThe Tramp of KrugersdorpThe only way to cross the narrow stream, flowing in a deep gorge, was by means of a wooden bridge. On the other side a path led through a br
leon gork tour guideJul 19, 20203 minThe Convent.My young nanny came fresh from the kraal, to work for my mother, looking after me and raising me, as she would her own child.
leon gork tour guideJul 19, 20203 minThe WallA high white plastered wall protected our house from the service lane, where undesirable characters used to meet and plan diabolical schemes
leon gork tour guideJul 1, 20202 minThe TypewriterThe typewriter The typewriter Her pale blue skirt, wrapped around the outline of a shapely thigh. Thora banged on the black Remington...