My grandparents were Eastern European Jews, and I am the grandchild of immigrants. They came here with nothing. The civilization from which they came was destroyed by the Nazis, so, growing up in the 1950s, there were virtually no physical artifacts of my family’s long European existence.
Unpeeling the Layers of Aviation History
Key Takeaways:
- The author, a grandchild of Eastern European Jewish immigrants, copes with the loss of family history and artifacts due to the Holocaust by passionately collecting aviation memorabilia.
- The article introduces three significant aviation figures linked to the author's life: his grandfather (a WWI seaplane mechanic), his friend Lou Lenart (a pivotal pilot in the Israeli War of Independence), and his adventurous cousin Julien Mamet (an early barnstormer).
- A personal anecdote where the author's plane nosed over connects his own experience to his cousin Mamet's frequent "abrupt landings," highlighting a humorous and enduring family trait within aviation.
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