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Europe has such an expansive history.

My life is European.

I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed all the old values and culture. My grandparents had been reasonably well-off but they became quite poor, living in an attic apartment.

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.

We're social beings, and I need to know and remember where I came from.

My family history, like that of many Polish, German and Jewish families from Central Europe in the 20th century, is complex.