Monthly Archives: March 2026

During a visit with my cousins in São Paulo, a worn folder of old photographs opened a doorway into my family’s past. Inside were images spanning continents and generations—from Vienna and Hungary to Brazil and the United States.

One photograph from 1922 showed two young sisters about to be separated by an ocean. Others revealed relatives shaped by immigration, war, and survival in the twentieth century.

Then one image stopped me cold: a young lieutenant in the United States Army.

It was the first photograph I had ever seen of my father as an army officer Continue reading →