tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post1577364718326932495..comments2024-03-24T11:30:08.199-07:00Comments on Can you believe?: First impressions of BuzulukJohan Maurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-67477259960618969222010-12-22T10:38:36.666-08:002010-12-22T10:38:36.666-08:00My mother was born in 1923, in Buzuluk, shortly af...My mother was born in 1923, in Buzuluk, shortly after the end of the famine - had she been born only a year earlier, she would not make it. I learned about the famine just two years ago, prior to my visit to Buzuluk. I visted Buzuluk museum - there i learned that The famine, and the perpetrators, are not forgotten by the people of Buzuluk.<br />I am greatefull that the history is publishet, evn if it hounds me sometimes.<br />Arnost Rusek, SwedenArnost Ruseknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-46614129765802450702008-09-13T14:56:00.000-07:002008-09-13T14:56:00.000-07:00Donna! Great to hear from you. Please say hi to En...Donna! Great to hear from you. Please say hi to Ener. That comment about "we were saved by Quakers" was echoed by other local people later in the week.Johan Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-3709551946173709282008-09-13T12:17:00.000-07:002008-09-13T12:17:00.000-07:00This is so interesting--I'm abysmally ignorant of ...This is so interesting--I'm abysmally ignorant of both Russian history and Quaker history. What a terribly sad time in their history, and what an amazing comment from the museum guide that the Quakers had saved them!<BR/>Donna from EW FriendsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-38487046224792731532008-08-26T14:33:00.000-07:002008-08-26T14:33:00.000-07:00Anon and Jeremiah--thanks for your comments. We're...Anon and Jeremiah--thanks for your comments. We're back now, trying to digest some of the most intense few days I've ever experienced.Johan Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-55781082784039578492008-08-22T14:10:00.000-07:002008-08-22T14:10:00.000-07:00how interesting this was! of course i knew none o...how interesting this was! of course i knew none of it. :/ <BR/><BR/>to me, it's interesting how personalities and issues revolving around interpersonal difficulty can still be worked around to bring good in the world. we all have a place and a purpose, i guess. those of us with gentle natures and those of us with more thorny dispositions.<BR/><BR/>omgplz on the leather thing. like, ew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com