“ THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT
CAN EXPRESS HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR CAROL HARBERS AND THE AWCH FOR THE
AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS GIVEN TO MY COUSINS
AND I . WALKING AROUND OUR FAMILY ’ S ANCESTRAL HOME AND SEEING THAT THEY ARE BEING REMEMBERED WAS AN OVERWHELMING EXPERIENCE .
ONE THAT COULD NOT HAVE
BEEN DONE WITHOUT THE AWCH . I AM SO APPRECIATIVE THAT MY GREAT-GREAT-GREAT AUNTS ARE HONORED WITH THESE STOLPERSTIENE AND WILL DEFINITELY MAKE TRIPS BACK TO HAMBURG TO SEE THEM AND REMEMBER MY
FAMILY .”
– SOPHIE PAPPAS
SALOMON FAMILY PHOTO BY CAROL STRAMETZ .
DEDICATION CEREMONY
PHOTO BY THELMA FREEDMAN
STOLPERSTEINE WITH STONES
“ I ’ D LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK THE AMERICAN WOMEN ’ S CLUB OF HAMBURG FOR THEIR WORK ON THE STOLPERSTEIN PROJECT AND THE PLAQUES IN HAMBURG NOW DEDICATED TO MY GREAT-GREAT AUNTS — LEA , ROSA , AND FANNY SOLOMON . WALKING IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS , VISITING THEIR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS , AND STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF THEIR FORMER HOMES WAS AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL EXPERIENCE , ONE I WILL NOT SOON FORGET . THIS EXPERIENCE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE INTREPID WORK OF CAROL HARBERS AND THE AWCH , AND , FOR THAT , I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL .”
– DAN KASTANIS
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