My mother on her first Christmas in 1939. There innocence of the occasion is palpable, but dark events were on the horizon. Five years later she was fleeing for her life.
<span class="meta-prep meta-prep-entry-date">Published: </span> <span class="entry-date"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2020-11-29T21:14:58+00:00">November 29, 2020</time></span>. Original size: <a href="https://records.christmas/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/julbebis.png" title="Link to full-size image">592 × 569</a>. In <a href="https://records.christmas/articles/christmas-and-crisis/" title="Return to Christmas and Crisis" rel="gallery">Christmas and Crisis</a>.
