Journey's end: migrants then and now
from Robin Lustig A little over three months ago, Stu and I set out on this journey that we have called In The Footsteps of Our Families....
With my father back in Berlin, city of his birth
from Robin Lustig “Berlin has changed quite a bit in the past 75 years,” said my Dad as we pounded the streets where he spent the first...
Back in the Isle of Man after 74 years
from Robin Lustig It's blowing a gale, and thunderous waves are crashing against the sea wall. I've brought my 95-year-old father to the...
Hamburg: gateway to the world
from Robin Lustig On 13 April 1939, my father boarded the SS President Roosevelt and sailed from Hamburg to Southampton. Three months...
Row Houses, Cigars and Goldfish
From Stu Seidel ... My perspective on an immigrant’s journey is almost wholly defined by my paternal grandparents, Sara and Julius...