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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
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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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leon gork tour guide
- May 27, 2022
- 4 min
Back to school
"Put your child back in school", my old uncle Louie, looking through half-shut eyes, filled with smoke, hurled this command, at his...
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leon gork tour guide
- Mar 10, 2022
- 2 min
The Cemetery
There they lie. The earliest inhabitants of Krugersdorp and the latest, row after row of black granite stones with names and dates carved...
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leon gork tour guide
- Mar 4, 2022
- 2 min
Krugersdorp Jews
David Super calls himself Dovid, the way David is pronounced in Yiddish, the language spoken in Eastern Europe, where Jews had lived for...
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leon gork tour guide
- Dec 26, 2021
- 3 min
Christmas in Krugersdorp 1960
The festive season always causes my thoughts to return to Krugersdorp. For example, Easter brings me back to the Easter eggs, I loved so...
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leon gork tour guide
- Oct 9, 2021
- 3 min
Guilt and Self-pity
I released the handbrake of the brand new Hudson. The sensation of holding the steering wheel, like dad, as the vehicle rolled backward,...
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leon gork tour guide
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
My Life Matriculation
The story of my life in Krugersdorp continues. In the last episode , The Plumber, you left me standing open mouthed in my uncle Louie's...
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leon gork tour guide
- Aug 9, 2021
- 4 min
Embattled Egos
The 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...
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leon gork tour guide
- Aug 1, 2021
- 3 min
Encounter in the train
I 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...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 30, 2021
- 4 min
The Plumber
Jack Holzman plumbers and plumbing supplies, up there in Human Str. on the ground floor of the building better known to the gambling...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 30, 2021
- 4 min
The Nike Cap
The Nike cap. Leon’s anger had been simmering for a long time, threatening to erupt each time Robbie annoyed him. Robbie never knew Leon...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jun 27, 2021
- 6 min
Misplaced Anger
I’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...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 1, 2021
- 5 min
An elegant Krugersdorp Family
The Katzen family was unbelievable, among the social circles of Krugersdorp that I was familiar with. I think it's because they never...
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leon gork tour guide
- Oct 30, 2020
- 3 min
All things Bright and Beautiul
Last night it happened. A song I used to sing at the daily morning gathering in Krugersdorp Town School, came to me, and together the...
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leon gork tour guide
- Oct 14, 2020
- 3 min
Ma and Pa
Bring your arithmetic homework, Ma ordered
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leon gork tour guide
- Oct 14, 2020
- 16 min
Manke Leaves Poswil
Manke, his student cap on his head, on his way to Heder, looked into the stable watching how Scholem struggled, pulling the animal this way
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leon gork tour guide
- Aug 10, 2020
- 2 min
The Sportfield
5 times round the rugby field." ordered Mr.Schnell, Mr. fast, a suitable name for that impressive, tall, scrawny man, with blond hair.
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