In 1976 my grandmother's health had deteriorated to the point where she required constant care. Her son Richard and his wife Roz, brought her back to the United States from Israel. She spent a week with my family in New York, becoming acquainted with her great grandchildren. Her worst fears had been realized as she had become senile, experiencing periods of confusion. My cousin Nora Lindheim flew with her back to Berkeley. She spent the last two years of her life living alternately between the homes of her two surviving sons and their families.
Another point of interest is that my great-grandmother Hortense Guggenheimer Lindheim's devotion to her family and grandchildren freed my grandmother to pursue her passion for Zionism. My great-grandmother supervised the care of her grandchildren and the running of the household during my grandmother's absences.
My grandfather was posthumously exonerated of all charges of collaboration with the Germans.
In 1976 my grandmother's health had deteriorated to the point where she required constant care. Her son Richard and his wife Roz, brought her back to the United States from Israel. She spent a week with my family in New York, becoming acquainted with her great grandchildren. Her worst fears had been realized as she had become senile, experiencing periods of confusion. My cousin Nora Lindheim flew with her back to Berkeley. She spent the last two years of her life living alternately between the homes of her two surviving sons and their families.
Another point of interest is that my great-grandmother Hortense Guggenheimer Lindheim's devotion to her family and grandchildren freed my grandmother to pursue her passion for Zionism. My great-grandmother supervised the care of her grandchildren and the running of the household during my grandmother's absences.
My grandfather was posthumously exonerated of all charges of collaboration with the Germans.