from terror to transformation
A Refugee's Life in Photos:
Reflections on Persecution & Forgiveness
Reflections on Persecution & Forgiveness
Wertheim, Germany: Shimon (n arms) with his family, standing before their home (Father in second-floor window!)
1928
Wertheim, Germany: Shimon with his 4th grade class, and about town with family and friends.
1930s
1940s
Archival photos of the Nazi regime and Hitler Youth. Shimon remembers his encounters in his haunting poem: "...one dark night, they goosestepped by my house..."
nazi germany
1930s-40s
Despite fleeing as a refugee, Shimon was nonetheless classified as an "Enemy Alien" in the United States until his enlistment in the US Navy in 1943.
wwii
1941-1945
Petty Officer Shimon as a radar technician, and Officer (Ensign) Shimon during the Korean War.
korean war
1950-1952
Shimon has a rewarding engineering career, marries, and begins a family.
1950s
Shimon leaves his lucrative career in electronic engineering for a life of community improvement and environmental activism.
1960s
1970s
Shimon champions environmental action at home in San Fransisco, CA and abroad.
1980s
Shimon returns to Wertheim and reunites with his one surviving classmate, Ludwig Dreikorn.
2000s
Historical photos of Shimon's Great-Uncle, Mother (Mutti), and Grandfather.