Stumbling Blocks

So many stumbling blocks that I’ve encountered on years on this planet, many of them self made. Just like my doggie Alfie wants to snuggle when I want to write making it hard to reach the keyboard, Alfie also provides comfort when I get to a rough section. So it goes. In the pages, you can stumble along with me.

What’s it all about? Alfie asks

Stumbling Blocks, or Stolpersteine, is the name of a public art project started by Gunter Demnig in Germany. The idea behind the project is to show where displaced people used to live around Europe and what happened to them. The little gold “stones” are placed in sidewalks in front of homes. Below are the stolpersteine for my dad and his family. You will note that they flucht/fled Germany in 1941 for the US.

Stumbling Blocks is the name of my memoir. It’s the story of a girl and her dad, and how both of us grappled with the legacy of the Holocaust. My dad is currently 94 & I’m 65. You’d think the grappling part would be past. Then again….

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