June 3, 2015

Class Notes (Part 9)


Kaunas, Lithuania, December 12, 1932. On this Class Notes page, my Mom's friend wrote:
For Memories.
I am not a princess, I have no riches
I have one heart, and that I gift to you.

Irene, your friend from school.

3 comments:

edutcher said...

Nice sentiment.

For whom you were named?

Irene said...

No; my Parents did not name me after anyone. They chose the name because it translates well into most languages. They worried that if I had a peculiarly Lithuanian name, then I would struggle were it necessary for me to flee and live in a foreign country.

edutcher said...

Yeah, that would be a factor in their thinking after what they'd been through.