The Anonymous Widower

Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow is an actress I’ve never come across before, but then I’ve never seen any episode of Friends.   However, I’ve just seen her trace her family history on the American version of  Who Do You Think You Are?

Lisa is Jewish and many of her ancestors were murdered by the Nazis in Belarus. It was a moving story, but it did have a happy ending, when she was reunited with a Polish man, who had met her father years before.

I have been to Belarus to see England play football and it is a country with a lot of sorrows. It lost about a third of its population in the Second World War and it wasn’t until about thirty years ago, that it recovered to its pre-war level.  I showed some of the pictures, I took in this post.

I also wrote a piece for the East Anglian Daily Times about the trip.  It is in two parts.

Belarus – Part 1

Belarus – Part 2

Both these files are in a PDF format.

One day, I hope I’ll be able to Belarus again.

September 19, 2010 - Posted by AnonW | Sport, Transport/Travel | Belarus, England, Football, Second World War