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musette_sf

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13. My Dad was a Lithuanian DP.

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 06:37 PM

Yesterday

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 Yesterday OP

me too 617Blue Yesterday #1

Very well said, gopiscrap Grim Chieftain Yesterday #2

Same musette_sf Yesterday #3

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

My Dad was a Lithuanian DP. musette_sf Yesterday #13

wow I can understand gopiscrap Yesterday #14

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

I agree 100%. LoisB Yesterday #6

same. Evolve Dammit Yesterday #7

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

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

We must stand united bdamomma Yesterday #10

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

I share your feelings Wild blueberry Yesterday #12

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

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

I see TACO! BidenRocks Yesterday #17

A reprieve MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #18

11:59:59 usonian Yesterday #20

Sweet revenge! calimary 5 hrs ago #29

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

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

Beautifully stated... Spazito Yesterday #21

hear, hear Skittles 16 hrs ago #23

I've been walking around like that since Trump got re-elected. BradBo 13 hrs ago #24

Well said. Passages 13 hrs ago #25

I am a child of an immigrant too. Clouds Passing 9 hrs ago #26

100% agreed. usaf-vet 9 hrs ago #27

Kick. N/T Upthevibe 6 hrs ago #28