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Back Where She Wouldn’t Go

JL;DR SUMMARY The article recounts the emotional journey of Doris Guttentag, a Holocaust survivor, through the eyes of her family members. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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FamilyJewish HistoryHolocaustJewish IdentityGermanyKindertransportMemoryKristallnachtGenerational TraumaKindertransport Survivors

Places mentioned

Manchester, England, United Kingdom
"Iwas living in Manchester with my young family, part of an active frum kehillah, when in August, 2018 I received an email through the Geni website that would impact the lives of many of my family members."
Treysa, Hesse, Germany
"We try to find some biografical notes [sic] of Mrs. Doris Mathias Guttentag, born in Treysa, Northern Hesse."
Kassel, Hesse, Germany
"Eventually, arrangements were made for him to be buried in Kassel, a nearby town that had a bigger kehillah, a rav, and enough Jewish gravediggers."
Borken, Hesse, Germany
"The second day of our trip focused on the family history and kevarim in the local towns of Kassel and Borken."
Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
"We flew to Dusseldorf, drove to Treysa, and spoke in the school there to the teenagers who had researched the Kindertransport and Savtas life story."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Savta, who lives in a retirement community in Jerusalem, and excitedly told her about the email."
Israel
"We scheduled the trip for Isru Chag Shavuos of that year. All of Savtas four children joined, two from Eretz Yisrael, one from the US, and one from the UK, along with dozens of grandchildren and great-grandchildren."
United States
"We scheduled the trip for Isru Chag Shavuos of that year. All of Savtas four children joined, two from Eretz Yisrael, one from the US, and one from the UK, along with dozens of grandchildren and great-grandchildren."
Gateshead, England, United Kingdom
"My grandparents experienced a delay while traveling from Gateshead, UK, to Tel Aviv via Paris."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"My grandparents experienced a delay while traveling from Gateshead, UK, to Tel Aviv via Paris."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"My grandparents experienced a delay while traveling from Gateshead, UK, to Tel Aviv via Paris."
Hanover, Hesse, Germany
"My father took me to the train station in the German city of Hanover, where I joined a large crowd of Jewish children."

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