Greta Beigel

A Jew from Riga
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,420. Language: English. Originally Published: July 22, 2011 by Greta Beigel. Categories: Nonfiction » Relationships & Family » Fatherhood, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Judaism
The author in 2004 visited Riga in order to learn more about her Dad’s mysterious past. How did her father, a young soldier at the start of World War II end up migrating from Eastern Europe to South Africa? And why did he leave suddenly when she was 10 and head for the States? On her travels, Greta learns a lot about Latvia, land of his youth, and Riga, the Baltics' capital city that rocks.

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dads    dysfunction    families    judaism    latvia    personal memoir    riga    south africa    travel