tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383213396413989191.post323412022780004923..comments2024-03-28T22:31:37.590-07:00Comments on carola bARTz: Where My Father Grew UpCarola Bartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05536486322412234854noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383213396413989191.post-61403369665230107052015-05-12T15:41:52.898-07:002015-05-12T15:41:52.898-07:00So interesting! Thank you for sharing your father&...So interesting! Thank you for sharing your father's story! Beautiful photo ;o)Magic Love Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133368208464734546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383213396413989191.post-83590731781548807722015-05-07T10:53:45.475-07:002015-05-07T10:53:45.475-07:00This is a beautifully written story of your father...This is a beautifully written story of your father's hometown. I enjoyed reading about his life as a child and youth and I think I can understand his reasoning for not wanting to return to a 'different' town today. Pamela Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071092617682650349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383213396413989191.post-69733276491493503512015-05-06T20:33:09.036-07:002015-05-06T20:33:09.036-07:00What a lovely picture of you and the great castle....What a lovely picture of you and the great castle. It must be quite large if it is the largest (I am thinking of Versailles now which is also pretty big.) Can the castle be visited and did you? It is sad that your father could not go back there but he did have his wonderful memories. My father also could not go back where he spent his childhood and had to leave for his own safety but I know he would have liked to go back to Istanbul, Turkey (he was Armenian.) You told your story very well and I hope that you will tell us more.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383213396413989191.post-12041076421471670042015-05-06T12:47:32.211-07:002015-05-06T12:47:32.211-07:00Thank you.
Such an emotion-filled piece.
My father...Thank you.<br />Such an emotion-filled piece.<br />My father too would never/could never? go back. I hope his memories were as positive as your father's.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383213396413989191.post-75547310146500015492015-05-06T10:14:00.172-07:002015-05-06T10:14:00.172-07:00wow. an idyllic childhood ruined by war. so glad y...wow. an idyllic childhood ruined by war. so glad your grandparents were able to escape.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383213396413989191.post-15713622526399578252015-05-06T08:34:05.485-07:002015-05-06T08:34:05.485-07:00Wow, thank you for sharing such a delightfully int...Wow, thank you for sharing such a delightfully interesting story, and the supporting photo with it! Bravo.21 Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071361755673253230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383213396413989191.post-756119538852436022015-05-06T07:10:08.438-07:002015-05-06T07:10:08.438-07:00Hi Carola, I enjoyed your story about Marienburg a...Hi Carola, I enjoyed your story about Marienburg and your dad’s early life there. By the way, no worries about your English … it is quite good! Now I am curious about where your dad lived after 1946. I wonder if he stayed in Europe or came to America. I would enjoy seeing the Malbork Castle … amazing that it is the largest in the world by surface area! John's Islandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03618219887687125402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383213396413989191.post-82371012250035185442015-05-06T06:48:30.381-07:002015-05-06T06:48:30.381-07:00This was a truly lovely memoir, Carola! What a won...This was a truly lovely memoir, Carola! What a wonderful childhood he must have had, and I can understand his desire to remember it that way. When I return to the town I grew up in over fifty years ago, it is much changed, sad and run down. I prefer to remember it as a place of childhood innocence. The photograph you shared is beautiful, and I am certain your father enjoyed that and seeing you there in a place he knew so well! Nice writing! Josie Two Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388032819905416258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383213396413989191.post-50041697741925930972015-05-06T06:28:18.115-07:002015-05-06T06:28:18.115-07:00Carola, thank you for sharing the photo and the st...Carola, thank you for sharing the photo and the story. I am sure you have some closure by being able to visit the place where your father lived. It's a wonderful, historically affected story. I long to visit the place in England from which my family emigrated in the 1920s. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383213396413989191.post-45198747222739231822015-05-06T05:23:28.942-07:002015-05-06T05:23:28.942-07:00Carola, so happy that you shared your story, altho...Carola, so happy that you shared your story, although so sad for your dad's and his service in the War. What a beautiful castle, and it looks so serene compared to the destruction that took place in so many other areas. You did a fabulous job of telling the story. Come back to share again!<br />Linda Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237332954767037400noreply@blogger.com