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The Radio
My father Felix understood electricity at an early age. That’s because his father Richard was an electrical engineer. At one point Richard left home for six months to help South Africa establish...
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Who’s Crazy?
Felix, age approx. 21 My father, Guido Felix Brinkmann, was a German from Latvia who ended up in Poland on a program that moved German people into occupied territories. When it was time to join the...
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A Token of Love
Lighter given to Felix by Simone, 11/20/43 My father being the dedicated worker and leader that he naturally was rose quickly to run a telephone repair factory in the ghetto. As mentioned in an...
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A Stone’s Throw
Auschwitz train entrance In August of 1944 the Lodz ghetto of Poland was liquidated. That meant all the Jews were sent to Auschwitz. But the Germans kept my father and the people in his factory...
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Memorials
It’s been a while since I posted. Actually it’s been since I left for New York City to create my father’s memorials and handle the crime scene of his apartment. There were quite a few adventures there...
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You Win Some, You Lose Some
From Left to Right: The Somethings Jake, Simona, Me, my daughter Carle, my wife LIsa Because of this event with my father, I learned I had family I didn’t know I had. My father has a brother Herbert...
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The Last Time
I’m looking at these two home depot receipts. One is on July 14 and the other is July 15. Those are the last days I saw my father. He had some plants he wanted to hang so I bought two hanging planters...
View ArticleMy Statement to Court Upon Sentencing of the First of My Father’s Killers
Many people have asked me what happened in the trial of my father’s (Guido Felix Brinkmann) killers. There were three people involved, each of whom will be tried separately. The first person and the...
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Angela Murray, the second defendant in my father’s murder pleaded guilty to Murder 2. She can’t be convicted on Murder 1 since the other guy was already found guilty of that. My understanding is Murder...
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Get it Done Thought of the Day: Spring into Action
When my mother, Auschwitz survivor was up against adversity she would say, “It’s time to spring into action!” That philosophy led to her and her sisters to escape a death march in January of 1945 and...
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