It’s interesting how powerful letters can be, and how much depth they can hold with an ink pen and a piece of paper. How much they carry a soul across the ocean to a man that is fighting a bloody war. Throughout human history, we place our men on the front lines of war and…
Tag: WW2
My dearest Sarah,
“I embrace you and our darling Jacques with all my strength. I am leaving on Monday morning.”Elie That was the last sentence in a Postcard that Sarah Barsimantov received from her husband, Elie Barsimantov. Elie was born in Turkey in 1900 but immigrated to France in 1922 and there he met his wife Sarah Gabai and…
Letters for the Warriors
During week 2 in class, we reeded a few articles and letters on WW2, one of my favorites was the communication article section on American soldiers fighting in WW2. Even today, mailing and sending care packages and letters to those in service is still pretty big even with the advanced technology since the 1940s. Those…
