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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4494496, member: 111"]Eh, the Scandinavian publications and records that I've spent so much time with over many years usually have to do with silversmiths and with genealogy, so the spelling of the names and the 'f.' abbreviation were giveaways. Frederikke was easy to find and it was clear the family was prominent, Erik was a bit more difficult (believe he was her youngest child, born 20 years after her first), and must admit to a bit of pride in my Danish roots (both paternal grandmothers Danish immigrants) when I realized that he still lived in Copenhagen at his death in 1951, still very successful. As a child, was and still am, fascinated with my 'Viking' heritage, but after moving at age eight to a Chicago area town filled with Holocaust victims, the majority of my friends' families affected in some direct way, I learned of the Danish government's attempts under German occupation to protect the Jewish population, and the largely successful moves by the resistance to actually save most of their Jewish population, an amazing achievement...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4494496, member: 111"]Eh, the Scandinavian publications and records that I've spent so much time with over many years usually have to do with silversmiths and with genealogy, so the spelling of the names and the 'f.' abbreviation were giveaways. Frederikke was easy to find and it was clear the family was prominent, Erik was a bit more difficult (believe he was her youngest child, born 20 years after her first), and must admit to a bit of pride in my Danish roots (both paternal grandmothers Danish immigrants) when I realized that he still lived in Copenhagen at his death in 1951, still very successful. As a child, was and still am, fascinated with my 'Viking' heritage, but after moving at age eight to a Chicago area town filled with Holocaust victims, the majority of my friends' families affected in some direct way, I learned of the Danish government's attempts under German occupation to protect the Jewish population, and the largely successful moves by the resistance to actually save most of their Jewish population, an amazing achievement... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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