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faith meaning and World War II

March 23, 2011 By Janneke

Bringing World War II Home

Bringing War Home (these are Canadian graves in The Netherlands. Each Christmas time, Dutch school children still put lights by each grave to honor the allied soldiers who liberated Holland May, 1945) (some how a mom manages  a smile in the midst of starvation conditions. Women and Children's …

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March 22, 2011 By Janneke

Linking you to WWII Medals Remind us to Walk off our Battlefield

This article is so great, I'm passing it along...March 19 Reflections: World War II medals remind us to walk off our battlefield By SUSAN LEBEL YOUNG At an exact moment last week when my mind jumped from one needless worry to another, my siblings and I received this e-mail from our brother …

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March 17, 2011 By Janneke

30 Days of Light – Prayer for Japan

Who prays for Japan? All of us, I hope. Here is a special prayer. Fred, my wonderful octogenarian friend who survived the World War II Japanese concentration camps (Jappenkampen) in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) sent this to me. He does not recall having a sense of faith while in the camps. …

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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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