3/1/2008
The lighter side of family history.
Photographic Memory
My two brothers and I recently made a pilgrimage to Romania to the hometowns of my Transylvania Saxon paternal grandparents. My grandfather hailed from the little town of Neppendorf (near Sibiu — Hermannstadt German), where we visited the church he attended, After we marveled at the beauty of the 14th-century building, the church secretary guided us to the second floor, to a small history museum of life in this German enclave.