>>>>>I have the feeling that my Yiddish isn't nearly as good as Alex or Tamar,
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>>>>Not me. I grew up with parents and grandparents who didn't speak Yiddish. (One grandparent born here; one born in the Ukraine, but here since early childhood; father born here; mother born in Germany.)
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>>>Aren't we missing a couple of grandparents there, Tamar? (ducking) At least that's the way it usually works....
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>>Yeah, the ones I never knew. They died in Auschwitz. (I figured "mother born in Germany" would cover it.)
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>I sure stepped in it there, didn't I? Sorry, old friend. I knew you lost people in Auschwitz but didn't know or had forgotten the specifics. Should have paid more attention to the qualifying phrase about the parents and grandparents you "grew up with."
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It's okay. It's always been there. I was fortunate in that in my family, this wasn't one of those big, hidden secrets.

Tamar