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August 5, 2017 By Janneke

Whose sacrifice mirrors God for you?

Here is how Ben Skardon remembered Henry Leitner and Otis Morgan Who mirrored God for you? WWII veteran, Colonel Ben Skardon wants us to remember two names: Henry Leitner and Otis Morgan. They mirrored God for him by saving his life, over and over again.   Ben Skardon, a son of an …

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June 27, 2011 By Janneke

Miracles – Tis a Gift to be Simple

Simple miracles, I have learned from family survivors of World War II, are actually magnificent miracles. (be sure to keep reading to the end forJewel's rendition of  Tis a Gift to Be Simple) To have enough food, loving fellowship (gezelligheid), safety, time in nature, all of these are the gift of …

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June 7, 2011 By Janneke

Homecoming – Heimwee, Comfort Food, Comfort People

  The Taste of War: World War Two and the Battle for Food by Lizzie Collingham "How can one imagine not being hungry?"  Primo Levi asks in his account of his experiences at Auschwitz. The camp "is hunger: we ourselves are hunger, living hunger". According to Lizzie Collingham's ambitious new …

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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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