“The traditional pīrāgi, small rolls baked with a stuffing of bacon, filled the house with a heavenly aroma; there were the jellied meats or galerts, the pork roast and the vegetable-beet-herring salad called rasols.” FoodLatvianAukstais Galds Book:Refugee Girl: A Memoir Source: Refugee Girl: A Memoir
“If one had cigarettes, one could barter for food with the German farmers. If the Latvian did not speak German, then the exchange was primitive and went something like this: "Ich Zigarette, du Schwein." ("Me - cigarette, you - pig") The farmer understood, and the DP returned to camp with a hunk of smoked bacon.” TradeLanguage BarrierDp Camp Book:Refugee Girl: A Memoir Source: Refugee Girl: A Memoir
“She quickly perceived that the male figure rapidly receding in the distance pulling an empty sled was somehow connected to the small human package lying in the snowbank.” SleddingOops Book:Refugee Girl: A Memoir Source: Refugee Girl: A Memoir