by Marian Exall | Oct 16, 2024 | history
I visited the Titanic exhibition in Seattle recently. The story of the maritime tragedy is told in its entirety through photographs, artifacts, and re-creations. The audio guide explains the construction of the world’s largest ocean liner from conception through... 
by Marian Exall | Nov 14, 2023 | history, Musings
Edith Zwartendijk was twelve years old in 1939 when her father Jan Zwartendijk reluctantly accepted the post of Dutch Consul in Kaunas, Lithuania. She remembers him working late into the night to issue over 2,300 visas to Curaçao, a Dutch colony in the Caribbean,...
