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musette_sf

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13. My Dad was a Lithuanian DP.

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 06:37 PM

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He was in a German forced labor camp till the end of the war in the European theater, then went to a DP camp in Germany till he came over to the US. I and my two closest in age siblings were born before he got his US citizenship. I remember mail sent to him from the government addressed to “Alien”.

All of the current events are bringing up cellular memory for me and I’m not having an easy time of it.

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I have been walking around with a deep sadness today [View all] gopiscrap Tuesday OP

me too 617Blue Tuesday #1

Very well said, gopiscrap Grim Chieftain Tuesday #2

Same musette_sf Tuesday #3

oh please share about being the child of a refugee gopiscrap Tuesday #5

My Dad was a Lithuanian DP. musette_sf Tuesday #13

wow I can understand gopiscrap Tuesday #14

You so eloquently speak for many of us Gopiscrap, thank you. JMCKUSICK Tuesday #4

I agree 100%. LoisB Tuesday #6

same. Evolve Dammit Tuesday #7

I'm right there with ya..... AZ8theist Tuesday #8

Exactly how I've felt, for quite a while now. FoxNewsSucks Tuesday #9

We must stand united bdamomma Tuesday #10

oh yes, I feel the same.. so depressing to see us bombing another country mountain grammy Tuesday #11

I share your feelings Wild blueberry Tuesday #12

With psychopaths you can't think in terms of what's wrong or right? ananda Tuesday #15

Where is the Doomsday Clock right now!? BidenRocks Tuesday #16

I see TACO! BidenRocks Tuesday #17

A reprieve MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #18

11:59:59 usonian Tuesday #20

Sweet revenge! calimary 13 hrs ago #29

Same. I've felt shaky and fretful. NH Ethylene Tuesday #19

How dare he! To threaten nuclear weapons! BarbD Tuesday #22

Beautifully stated... Spazito Tuesday #21

hear, hear Skittles Yesterday #23

I've been walking around like that since Trump got re-elected. BradBo 21 hrs ago #24

Well said. Passages 21 hrs ago #25

I am a child of an immigrant too. Clouds Passing 18 hrs ago #26

100% agreed. usaf-vet 17 hrs ago #27

Kick. N/T Upthevibe 14 hrs ago #28