“Just as a child respects his father even when he perceives his weaknesses and faults, so a German will not despise the old Germany which was once a symbol of greatness to him.” ChildrenFatherGreatnessWeaknessFaultsSymbolsPerceiveGermanyDespise Author:Gustav Stresemann
“My father left Nazi Germany a year after Dr. Kissinger, and so in my household he was very much an icon. He was a kind of immigrant success story, a refugee success story.” YearsKindStoriesFatherLeftGermanyImmigrantsHouseholdDrsNaziRefugeeIconsNazi GermanySuccess StoriesKissinger Author:Eugene Jarecki
“They even say that an altar dedicated to Ulysses , with the addition of the name of his father, Laertes , was formerly discovered on the same spot, and that certain monuments and tombs with Greek inscriptions, still exist on the borders of Germany and Rhaetia .” StillsCertainFatherNamesSpotsBordersGreekGermanyDedicatedMonumentAltarsTombsUlyssesInscriptions Book:The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus Source: The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus
“My father is Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino; my mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese; Greek last name; born in Hawaii, raised in Germany.” LastsMotherFatherNamesBornHalfRaisedChineseGreekGermanyHawaiiFilipino Author:Mark Dacascos
“I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an abolitionist doctor, and his father was an immigrant from Germany.” FatherTeacherIntellectualDoctorsGermanyImmigrantsPreacherGrandfatherBusinessmanSmall BusinessMy GrandfatherAbolitionist Author:Pete Seeger
“When Bach died some of his children sold his scores to the butcher they had decided the paper was more useful for wrapping meat. In a small village in Germany a father brought home a limp goose wrapped in paper that was covered with strange and beautiful symbols.” ChildrenHomeBeautifulFatherStrangePaperDecidedDiedSymbolsMeatGermanyScoreVillageCoveredGeeseButchersWrappingSmall Villages Book:The Secret Lives of People in Love Source: The Secret Lives of People in Love
“As I was growing up, you know, I'm a white Jewish American born to Holocaust parents. My father fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and my mother's family had fled the czars of Russia before that.” KnowsMotherFatherParentBornWhiteGrowing UpGrowingRussiaGermanyHolocaustNaziNazi GermanyCzars Author:Eugene Jarecki