YIDDISH TRANSLATIONS

In 1946, my 19-year-old grandfather sent a telegram from the Gauting DP hospital. The telegram was found — of all places — in the United Nations Archives. This post delves into my grandfather's brief sojourn at the Gauting Sanatorium near Munich, where hundreds of Jewish (and non-Jewish) DPs ended up after the war.

Examining Secret Services Archive documents and talking to a 92-year-old ex-spy to learn about my grandparents' 1949 aliyah attempt.