Aunt Helga

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When the Wall fell, my aunt Helga got to go to where she grew up for the 1st time since 13 August 1961. While there, she got to see her mother's grave, and be at her father's side when he died. The DDR government wouldn't let her go home on that day in 1961, when she'd gone shopping in West Berlin. Her parents brought her money and her documents, and she got on the first flight to the US, ending up in Columbus, OH, and not long after, meeting my uncle Gilbert and marrying him.

Entertainingly to me, her maiden name is Siebenhaar.

This post is from a thread in a post in da_lj's journal.