Long Term Memories
Thursday, June 06, 2019
Irwin's Presentation at the 22 May 2019 Kitchener Meeting
Ann and I and Irwin and Ellen Weiss all attended an event in New York City on May 22, 2019.
This was a meeting of descendants of the Kitcheners.
The Kitcheners were male refugees from Germany and Austria (mostly) who were in a camp in southeast England in the late 1930s.
Ellen's father Herbert was one of them.
Herbert was a 2nd cousin of my father Peter.
Presentations were made at this event, one per refugee who had descendants attending.
Irwin made the presentation for Peter.
The first image is from Peter's paternal grandparents on an invitation to a wedding anniversary
Irwin made a point that at the bottom of this invitation they indicated 'no smoking'.
The second image is my grandparents (Peter's parents) George and Margaret on their 50th anniversary in 1967. Irwin pointed out that my grandfather frequently wore a tie where others would have been 'business casual'.
The third image is from Irwin and Cheryl's wedding. From left: me, Ann, my mother, Beth, my grandmother, my father, Cheryl and Irwin.
The fourth image is my father in 1943 in uniform.
The fifth image is a letter my Grandfather George received informing him to report for transit to a concentration camp (he didn't).
The sixth image is a better one of Peter in uniform.
The other images were from my home collection, some from Irwin's.
This was a meeting of descendants of the Kitcheners. The Kitcheners were male refugees from Germany and Austria (mostly) who were in a camp in southeast England in the late 1930s.
Ellen's father Herbert was one of them.
Herbert was a 2nd cousin of my father Peter. 
Presentations were made at this event, one per refugee who had descendants attending. Irwin made the presentation for Peter.
Irwin made a point that at the bottom of this invitation they indicated 'no smoking'.
The second image is my grandparents (Peter's parents) George and Margaret on their 50th anniversary in 1967. Irwin pointed out that my grandfather frequently wore a tie where others would have been 'business casual'.
The third image is from Irwin and Cheryl's wedding. From left: me, Ann, my mother, Beth, my grandmother, my father, Cheryl and Irwin.
The fourth image is my father in 1943 in uniform.
The fifth image is a letter my Grandfather George received informing him to report for transit to a concentration camp (he didn't).
The sixth image is a better one of Peter in uniform.
The other images were from my home collection, some from Irwin's.
