Norman Eisen v Sobranciach

Norman L. Eisen - americký veľvyslanec v Prahe má korene v Sobranciach (sú rodným mestom jeho matky)

"I have just completed an extraordinary week with eleven of my first cousins and other relatives retracing our family’s roots through the Czech Republic and Slovakia.  Over the course of seven days we ranged from my mother’s birthplace in eastern Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), to her post-war home in Karlovy Vary (now the Czech Republic).  We relived a century of our family’s and of this nation’s life, including the rise of the first Czechoslovak Republic, the Nazi occupation, the Iron Curtain decades and the Velvet Revolution.  We were consistently amazed by the fact that the family had survived, thrived and was once again part of the life of these lands.  As my mom (who was with us via cell phone and in spirit) put it, “the Nazis deported our family in cattle cars, and now you have returned as the Ambassador of the mightiest nation in the world!”
We started the trip in Slovakia.  We got a warm welcome from the mayor and officials of Sobrance, where my mother and her seven siblings were born between the two world wars.  Here is a picture of the mayor and the people of the town in traditional garb greeting us with bread and salt and a local beverage to drink a toast."  (prevzaté z blogu Normana L.Eisena)

 

 

 

 

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