Sally Wendkos Olds
By Sally Wendkos Olds
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Life The Women Who Warned Their Families
Getty Images At one point in the documentary “No Place on Earth,” Saul Stermer, now 93, who, with his family, spent 511 days hiding in two Ukrainian caves and escaped the Holocaust, smiles and says, “What a mother!” No wonder. His mother, Esther Stermer, who was 75 years old in 1942 when the Nazis came…
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News A China Set That Held a Family’s Memories
It was our 53rd wedding anniversary, which we celebrated with a special dinner at home, as we often did, and I had just poured steaming espresso into the blue-and-white translucent cups that we saved for very special occasions. As we sat down to sip our coffee, David looked at the demitasse cups and the pitcher…
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