“The relationship I have to my fatherland is like that of mothers with crippled children: they love them all the more, the more crippled they are. Germany is the background of all my plans, the return to Germany.” ChildrenMotherPlansReturnBackgroundsGermanyCrippledFatherland Author:Friedrich List
“My mother was born in the city, my dad was an immigrant. Probably from Germany. Could have been Austria, could have been Poland. The borders were changing. My dad brought over a large family of Shatners when he was very young. Scraped together the money, got 11 brothers and sisters a passage on the boat. There's a lot of Shatners in Montreal.” Has BeensTogetherYoungMotherBornCitiesBrotherDadMy DadBoatBordersGermanyImmigrantsPassagesBrothers And SistersCould Have BeenPolandMontrealAustriaLarge Family Author:William Shatner
“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
“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