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March 4, 2018 By Janneke

Survivor Psalm

Survivor Psalm By Frank Ochbery, M.D. I have been victimized. I was in a fight that was not a fair fight. I did not ask for the fight. I lost. There is no shame in losing suchFS Quote ugly defeat Fights, only in winning. I have reached the stage of Survivor and am no longer a slave of …

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August 29, 2017 By Janneke

Paratrooper "Angels" of WWII

 'Oh, my God. Look, the angels are coming.' Here is an article about the life of 95 year old Henry "Cowboy" Kusmierczykhey and his recollection of participating in the liberation of a brutal Japanese Concentration Camp in the Philippines. The detail in this article, his recollections bring meaning …

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August 17, 2017 By Janneke

Trauma and Truth

When trauma does occur... We are living in times of racism, skewed values, and careless words. All can lead to war, and do lead to violence, in our country, right in the daily  news. All past presidents would have used their national platform to bring peace and reconciliation within our …

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Meet Janneke

Janneke Jobsis Brown
Following Shadows is inspired by my own story. As a survivor of an international childhood with parents who were World War II survivors, I know the generational after-effects of starvation and slave labor in Japanese concentration camps for my father, and the terror of Nazi occupation for my mother. I know the challenges of struggling to feel at home across three countries: The Netherlands, Iran and America.

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