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another amazing Glass family holiday photo
not sure
probably Christmas
Life of Walter Glass
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photograph
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family holidays
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holidays
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Christmas
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family portrait
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expressions
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amazing
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munchkins
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worried
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happy
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picture perfect
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photo bomb
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Vacation in Hungary ~ Walter's memoir
Kendal on Hudson, Sleepy Hollow, NY
June 2007
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history
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economics
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rural life
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Hungary
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pre-war
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farming
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hunting
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vacation
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first love
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mentors
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travel
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interview
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memoir
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politics
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My mother, Ida Hess ~ Walter's memoir
Kendal on Hudson, Sleepy Hollow, NY
June 2007
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war
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Ida Hess
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Munich Agreement
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Sudetenland
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travel
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mother
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trade
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rural life
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farming
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World War II
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Vienna
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trauma
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Leo Hess
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My father, Leo Frauenglas ~ Walter's memoir
Kendal on Hudson, Sleepy Hollow, NY
June 2006
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Leo Frauenglas
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business
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trade
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education
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discrimination
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Orthodox
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Hasidic
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Vienna
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family history
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ancestry
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jewish
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Train travel ~ Walter's memoir
Kendal on Hudson, Sleepy Hollow, NY
June 2007
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travel
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trains
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train travel
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vacation
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pre-war
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locomotive
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sleigh
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mother
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Czechoslovakia
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childhood
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Ida Hess
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Leo Hess
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witnessing the Anschluss
USA, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 2004 Kendal Way
2007-07-01
war
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Vienna
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Austria
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family home
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river Wien
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Schoenbrun Castle
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invasion
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entry
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Hitler
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army
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Nazi
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Nazism
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Mein Kampf
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school
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expel
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dismissal
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confiscation
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soldiers
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piano
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music
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Rachmaninov
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prelude
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Thomas Mann
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The Magic Mountain
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Anschluss
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12 March 1938
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Uncle Leo's farm ~ Walter's memoir
Kendal on Hudson, Sleepy Hollow, NY
June 2006
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rural life
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travel
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farming
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Czechoslovakia
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sugar beets
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poplars
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poplar tree
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vacation
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Leo Hess
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Life of Walter Glass
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Leo Frauenglas
USA, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 2004 Kendal Way
2007-07-01
Frauenglas
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Vienna
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Austria
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father
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Leo Frauenglas
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business
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import
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trade
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coffeehouse
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lifestyle
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Viennese
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work ethic
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toy train
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Vienna Technical Museum
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industry
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Ida Hess and her siblings
USA, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 2004 Kendal Way
2007-06
war
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Ida Hess
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mother
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relatives
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uncle Leo
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rural life
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farming
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Czechoslovakia
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Slovakia
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Munich Agreement
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Sudetenland
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travel
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trade
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my earliest memory
Tarrytown, NY
July 2007
video
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Walter
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Walter by a river
90s
photograph
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Grandad
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grandfather
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Walter Glass
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Walter
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retirement
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joy
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joyful
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loving
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binoculars
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peace
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river
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trademark
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portrait of Walter's parents
Austria, Vienna
Frauenglas
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Ida Hess
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Vienna
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Austria
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Schoenbrun Castle
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Hietzinger Hauptstrasse
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park
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mother
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Jew
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victim
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holocaust
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jewish
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Libby, Walter and Sarah in summertime
probably France
1980s
photograph
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Mother's Day
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Life of Walter Glass
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R.M.S Aquitania
at sea
circa 1930s
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ships
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ship
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emigration
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World War II
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theatrical head shot of Walter's sister
Austria, Vienna
Frauenglas
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Martha Feller
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opera
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singer
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artist
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Jew
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victim
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holocaust
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jewish
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Adam at the helm while Libby and Walter have a moment
somewhere at sea
photograph
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Mother's Day
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Libby Glass
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Adam Glass
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Walter Glass
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sailing
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adventure
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Glass family
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Walter on his tenth birthday
Austria, Vienna, home of Martha Feller
circa 1931
Frauenglas
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Walter Glass
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mother
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sister
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childhood
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birthday
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Walter and army colleagues
Europe
circa 1944
war
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Walter Glass
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World War II
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Allied Expeditionary Force
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Europe
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Ritchie Boys
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Battle of the Bulge
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army
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army intelligence
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translation
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uniform
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deployment
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Life of Walter Glass
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clowning
Rowayton, CT, USA
80s or 90s
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clowning
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clowns
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grandchild
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grandparents
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grandfather
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wig
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Walter Glass
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Life of Walter Glass
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Martha and Anita
Europe, possibly at a resort
Frauenglas
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Anita Feller
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Martha Feller
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mother
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daughter
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victim
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holocaust
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mom and Walter on her wedding day
New York
1980
photograph
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Mother's Day
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Life of Walter Glass
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tea time!
80s or 90s
photograph
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Walter
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memorial
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summertime
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grandparents
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tea
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Ann
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beach
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elf
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watering can
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Walter at work
USA, New York, NY, GE building on Lexington and 53rd
1980s
international trade agreements
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law
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China
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General Electric
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GETC
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General Electric Trading Company
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career
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work
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industry
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Life of Walter Glass
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Visa application
New York City
October 24, 1938
document
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Visa
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affidavit
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World War II
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refugee
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immigration
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Life of Walter Glass
article
GE International magazine
USA
1982-06
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General Electric
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GETC
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General Electric Trading Company
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international trade agreements
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law
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1982
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P.A. Argentinis
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George J. Stathakis
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career
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article
writing
"Those who ignore history are bound to repeat it."
Schenectady, NY
January-February 2008
writing
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General Electric
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electricity
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Hall of Electrical History
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Museum of Innovation and Science
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archives
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miSci
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corporate history
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Life of Walter Glass
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A Youthful Encounter with Quakers
USA
1994-01-24
Vienna
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Quakers
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American Friends Service Committee
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AFSC
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1938
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Munich Agreement
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Kristallnacht
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holocaust
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escape
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